Method of promoting chondrocyte differentiation with hedgehog related polypeptides
Patent Number: 6610656
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday December 30th, 1993
Date Issued: Tuesday August 26th, 2003
Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA); Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd. (London, GB)
Inventors: Ingham, Philip W. (Summertown, GB); McMahon, Andrew P. (Lexington, MA); Tabin, Clifford J. (Cambridge, MA)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent teaches the use of hedgehog proteins for inducing stem cells to differentiate into the chondocytic lineage (useful for repairing of cartilage).
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