Nicotine receptor agonists in stem cell and progenitor cell recruitment
Patent Number: 6720340
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday July 28th, 1999
Date Issued: Tuesday April 13th, 2004
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. Unversity (Palo Alto, CA)
Inventors: Cooke, John (Palo Alto, CA); Johnson, Frances Lauri (Portola Valley, CA); Pathak, Anjali (Campbell, CA); Jang, James (San Bruno, CA); Tsao, Phillip (San Jose, CA); Heeschen, Christopher (Menlo Park, CA)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent teaches that nicotine may be used for mobilization of stem cells. It covers endothelial precursor cells as well.
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