Keratinocyte stem cells
Patent Number: 6485971
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday March 18th, 1998
Date Issued: Thursday December 26th, 2002
Assignee: Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (Victoria, AU)
Inventors: Kaur, Pritinder (East Melbourne, AU); Simmons, Paul J. (East Melbourne, AU)
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This patent covers a type of stem cell that gives rise to keratinocytes. These cells can be purified from skin biopsy and used for amplification and generation of numerous other cell types and tissue. One interesting possibility is the use of such keratinocyte stem cells for generation of artificial thymus.
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