Tooth progenitor cell and method for its production
Patent Number: 7,498,168
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday February 18th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday March 3rd, 2009
Assignee: Odontis Limited (London, GB)
Inventors: Sharpe; Paul Thomas (London, GB)
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This patent covers methods of producing tooth progenitor cells from either neural stem cells or embryonic stem cells. The process covers contacting the stem cell with cells derived from the oral epithelium so as to induce expression of the genes Barx-1 and Dlx-5.
Essentially this patent is teaching markers associated with the process of differentiation, as well as progenitor associated markers such as Msx-1, Lhx-7 and Pax-9.
Other patents have covers stem cells collected from teeth, however this one seems to be unique in that it is actually covering a method of making the tooth progenitor cell.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
Added to StemCellPatents.com on Monday March 9th, 2009
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