Stimulation of stem cell growth by the bryostatins
Patent Number: 5358711
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday November 23rd, 1987
Date Issued: Tuesday October 25th, 1994
Assignee: Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Inventors: May, W. Stratford (Baltimore, MD); Sensenbrenner, Lyle L. (Grosse Pointe Park, MI)
From Class: Expansion
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Bryostatin is a drug derived from a type of symbiont bacteria. Although bryostatin has been used in clinical trials for oncology, results have not been excellent.
This patent teaches that bryostatin and various derivatives thereof are useful for stimulation of hematopoietic stem cell proliferation.
It will be interesting to see if bryostatin works on stimulating stem cell activity of other stem cell sources such as tissue stem cells.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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