Lectin-derived progenitor cell preservation factor and methods of use
Patent Number: 6852321
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday June 24th, 1997
Date Issued: Tuesday February 8th, 2005
Assignee: ImClone Systems Incorporated (New York, NY); Regents of the University of California (La Jolla, CA)
Inventors: Colucci, M. Gabriella (Dugenta, IT); Chrispeels, Maarten J. (La Jolla, CA); Moore, Jeffrey G. (Kennebunkport, ME)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
Comments: No comments
This patent teaches that certain lectins (sugar binding proteins) may be used for the preservation of progenitor cells and stem cells. It is not clear which property of the lectins is involved in the preservation.
The concept that lectins may be used in stem cell preservation brings to mind old experiments in which the preferentially affinity of lectins to cancer cell membranes was reported. The idea being that stem cells may also have some type of special affinity to lectins since stem cells also share numerous properties with cancer cells.
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