Methods of inducing regulated pancreatic hormone production in non-pancreatic islet tissues
Patent Number: 6774120
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday April 19th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday August 10th, 2004
Assignee: Unknown Assignee(s)
Inventor: Ferber, Sarah (Ramat Hasharon, IL)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent teaches how to make liver cells behave like pancreatic cells and even offers the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes. Essentially the patent claims that by transfecting liver cells with the pancreatic stem cell transcription factor PDX-1, the liver cells will start producing insulin (besides other things).
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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