Enriched central nervous system stem cell and progenitor cell populations, and methods for identifying, isolating and enriching for such populations
Patent Number: 6468794
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday February 12th, 1999
Date Issued: Thursday August 22nd, 2002
Assignee: StemCells, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Inventors: Uchida, Nobuko (Palo Alto, CA); Buck, David W. (Santa Clara, CA); Weissman, Irving (Redwood City, CA)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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StemCells Inc is one of the few companies that has actually entered clinical trials. In this patent the extraction of specific neuronal stem cells is disclosed. Cells that bind to the antibodies 5E12 and/or AC133 derived from brain sources are identified as neuronal stem cells capable of inducing production of neurospheres. These cells have also demonstrated ability to integrate into the brains of immunodeficient mice.
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