Composition and method for preserving progenitor cells
Patent Number: 7,112,653
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday December 9th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday September 26th, 2006
Assignee: Inclone Systems, Incorporated (New York, NY)
Inventors: Moore; Jeffrey G. (Kennebunkport, ME)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent covers peptides that inhibit hematopoietic stem cell proliferation, thereby allowing protection of these cells from chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
This patent may conceptually be applicable to selectively inhibiting healthy stem cells while allowing leukemic stem cells to proliferate so that chemotherapy or radiotherapy may selectively kill the proliferating leukemic cells.
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