Isolated stromal cells for treating diseases, disorders or conditions characterized by bone defects
Patent Number: 5716616
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday March 28th, 1995
Date Issued: Tuesday February 10th, 1998
Assignee: Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA)
Inventors: Prockop, Darwin J. (Philadelphia, PA); Pereira, Ruth F. (Lansdowne, PA); Leeper, Dennis B. (Wynnewood, PA); O'Hara, Michael D. (Wyncote, PA)
This patent teaches that stromal cells may be used for the treatment of various bone disorders, as well as regeneration of bone. How are these stromal cells related to the mesenchymal stem cells that Osiris is using?
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