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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6610535
| Title: | Progenitor cells and methods and uses related thereto | | Inventors: | Lu, Kuanghui; Brookline, MA, USA
Pang, Kevin; Canton, MA, USA
Rubin, Lee; Wellesley, MA, USA | | Summary: | This invention introduces a non-adherent population of progenitor cells and their progeny, methods and uses thereof. Described herein is a process for treating a suspension composed of progenitor cells with a growth factor, thereby proliferating the cells to yield a substantially pure population of viable pancreatic progenitor cells. Therapeutic applications of such pancreatic progenitor cells in the treatment of diabetes are included. | | Abstract: | The present invention relates to a substantially pure population of viable pancreatic progenitor cells, and methods for isolating such cells. The present invention further concerns certain therapeutic uses for such progenitor cells, and their progeny. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6610535 | | Application Number: | US2000000724632 | | Date Filed: | 28/11/2000 | | Date Published: | 26/08/2003 | | Assignee: | ES Cell International Pte. Ltd., Singapore |
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