Hepatocyte lineage cells derived from pluripotent stem cells
Patent Number: 6458589
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday April 27th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday October 1st, 2002
Assignee: geron
Inventors: Rambhatla, Lakshmi (Redwood City, CA); Carpenter, Melissa K. (Castro Valley, CA)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent covers methods of generating and isolating hepatocytes from embryonic stem cells. The hepatocytes are designated by specific phenotypic and functional characteristics that are described in the patent.
This invention could be useful for treatment of a wide variety of disorders ranging from hepatitis to cirrhosis.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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