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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6852313
| Title: | Method of stimulating growth of melanocyte cells by administering stem cell factor | | Inventors: | Zsebo, Krisztina M.; Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Bosselman, Robert A.; Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Suggs, Sidney V.; Newbury Park, CA, USA
Martin, Francis H.; Thousand Oaks, CA, USA | | Summary: | Described herein are methods of stimulating the proliferation of melanocyte cells in humans, via the administration of a stem cell factor polypeptide or its biologically active fragments, which stimulate the growth of melanocyte cells. The invention relates to novel stem cell factors and oligonucleotides encoding such factors, methods of stimulation, and the proliferation of melanocyte cells via the administration of a a therapeutically effective amount of the stem cell factor (SCF) polypeptide along with an optional pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Therapeutic applications in the treatment of blood cell disorders are included. | | Abstract: | Novel stem cell factors, oligonucleotides encoding the same, and methods of production, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders involving blood cells are also disclosed. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6852313 | | Application Number: | US2000000604325 | | Date Filed: | 26/06/2000 | | Date Published: | 08/02/2005 | | Assignee: | Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA |
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