Method for promoting hematopoiesis
Patent Number: 6596688
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday September 9th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday July 22nd, 2003
Assignee: University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, MD)
Inventors: Gallo, Robert C. (Bethesda, MD); Bryant, Joseph (Rockville, MD); Lunardi-Iskandar, Yanto (Gaithersburg, MD)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent teaches that administration of the pregnancy associated compound human chorionic gonadotropin can stimulate hematopoietic stem cells. This patent is interesting in light of clinical trials that are ongoing by Stem Cell Therapeutics Inc that use hCG in combination with other compounds for post-stroke regeneration of neurons.
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