Multilayer skin or dermal equivalent having a layer containing mesenchymal stem cells
Patent Number: 6497875
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday April 26th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday December 24th, 2002
Assignee: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Inventors: Sorrell, J. Michael (Cleveland Heights, OH); Caplan, Arnold I. (Cleveland Heights, OH)
From Class: Use
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This patent covers the generation of an artificial skin that has a keratinocyte layer and a dermis-forming layer. The second layer can be generated by use of mesenchymal stem cells. This patent could be useful not only for covering of burn patients or sufferers of wounds that take a long time to heal, but it could also be useful for generation of in vitro systems for assessing ability of topical drugs to penetrate skin.
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