Method of inducing and maintaining neuronal cells
Patent Number: 6686198
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday October 14th, 1993
Date Issued: Monday February 3rd, 2003
Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Inventors: Melton, Douglas A. (Lexington, MA); Hemmati-Brivanlou, Ali (New York, NY)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent teachs how to induce neural differentiation of stem cells through activation of the activin receptor associated pathways. One wonders if this patent is also applicable to bone marrow stem cells, or bone marrow stem cells induced to dedifferentiated by epigenetic modification.
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