Satellite cell proliferation in adult skeletal muscle
Patent Number: 5466676
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday February 12th, 1990
Date Issued: Tuesday November 14th, 1995
Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas at Austin (
Inventors: Booth, Frank W. (Houston, TX); Thomason, Donald B. (Memphis, TN); Morrison, Paul R. (Indianapolis, IN); Stancel, George M. (Houston, TX)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent teaches methods of transfecting various stem cells with therapeutic or marker genes. Particularly, muscle stem cells, called satellite cells are discussed as target cells suitable for transfection.
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