Hapatoblasts and method of isolating same
Patent Number: 6069005
Date of First Priority Issue: Saturday September 7th, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday May 30th, 2000
Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshwa University (Bronx, NY)
Inventors: Reid, Lola M. (Chapel Hill, NC); Sigal, Samuel H. (Riverdale, NY); Brill, Shlomo (Ramat-Gan, IL); Holst, Patricia A. (Ossining, NY)
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This patent discloses methods of purifying hepatic stem cells. These stem cells may be expanded and used for therapeutic purposes. One interesting application of this invention would be to tranfect embryonic stem cell cytoplasm into these hepatocyte stem cells and to see if we can increase their expansion capability.
Theoretically hepatocytes should be easier to tranplant than other tissues since the liver is more tolerogeneic that other organs such as kidney or heart.
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