Cell surface expressed marker of pluripotency
Patent Number: 7,226,994
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday January 18th, 2001
Date Issued: Tuesday June 5th, 2007
Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited (GB)
Inventors: Saitou; Mitinori (Cambridge, GB), Surani; Azim (Cambridge, GB)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent covers the composition of matter for two markers that are widely used for detecting germ cells. The markers being Fragilis and Stella. These are found also in embryonic stem cells and primordial germ cells. The patent is useful for development of laboratory reagents, as well as clinically developing methods of isolating specific cell populations.
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