Method for detecting hematopoietic stem cells
Patent Number: 6670123
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday November 3rd, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday December 30th, 2003
Assignee: New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, NY)
Inventors: Belyavsky, Alexander (New York, NY); Shmelkov, Sergey (Union City, NJ); Visser, Jan (New York, NY)
From Class: Use
Comments: No comments
This patent teaches the identification of stem cells by virtue of expression of the gene known as KIAA0918. Specifically, the claims are aimed at hematopoietic stem cells and detection by hybridization.
It will be interesting to identify the protein and function of the protein encoded by the gene KIAA0918.
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