Bone marrow cells as a source of neurons for brain and spinal cord repair
Patent Number: 6528245
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday May 7th, 1998
Date Issued: Tuesday March 4th, 2003
Assignee: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Inventors: Sanchez-Ramos, Juan (Tampa, FL); Song, Shijie (Tampa, FL); Janssen, William (Tampa, FL); Sanberg, Paul (Spring Hill, FL); Freeman, Thomas (Tampa, FL)
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This patent teaches that bone marrow stromal cells may be used as a source of neurons or to assist in neuronal regeneration. One wonders if these bone marrow stromal cells are similar to the mesenchymal stem cells that are patented by Osiris Therapeutics.
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