Hepatocyte lineage cells derived from pluripotent stem cells
Patent Number: 6506574
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday April 27th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday January 14th, 2003
Assignee: Geron Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)
Inventors: Rambhatla, Lakshmi (Redwood City, CA); Carpenter, Melissa K. (Castro Valley, CA)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent teaches how to generate hepatocytes by the differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Methods of using the newly generated hepatocytes for drug screening are also provided.
The patent describes uses of histone decetylase inhibitors in the culture and differentiation process.
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