Transplantation of neural cells for the treatment of chronic pain or spasticity
Patent Number: 6444205
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday September 30th, 1998
Date Issued: Tuesday September 3rd, 2002
Assignee: Diacrin, Inc. (Charlestown, MA)
Inventors: Dinsmore, Jonathan (Brookline, MA); Siegan, Julie (Boston, MA)
From Class: Use
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This patent covers administration of GABA producing neurons or neural stem cells from a fetus into a patient with chronic pain or spasticity. This patent covers not only human donor sources but also porcine.
The ability to generate different types of pigs through genetic engineering may allow for some of these approaches to enter the clinic. One such particular strain of pig is the alpha gal knockout, whose cells do not elicit hyperacute rejection, one of the major barriers to xenotransplantation.
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