Cord blood-derived activated lymphocytes, preparations containing said lymphocytes as main ingredient and method and kit for producing said preparations
Patent Number: 6692958
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday December 4th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday February 17th, 2004
Assignee: Humantec Ltd. (Ibaraki-ken, JP)
Inventors: Sekine, Teruaki (Tokyo, JP); Ito, Kiminari (Hokkaido, JP); Shimizu, Norio (Yamanashi, JP); Bamba, Kenzo (Ibaraki, JP); Yamaguchi, Tomohiro (Saitama, JP); Kuroiwa, Yasuyuki (Ibaragi, JP)
This patent provides methods of expanding cord blood cells to generate T cells in vitro, and the subsequent use of the T cells for immunotherapy. The patent also covers other types of lymphocytes such as B cells, and NK cells.
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