Molecular marker for muscle stem cells
Patent Number: 6337184
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday April 1st, 1997
Date Issued: Tuesday January 8th, 2002
Assignee: Unknown Assignee(s)
Inventor: Miller, Jeffrey B. (Cambridge, MA)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
Comments: No comments
This patent claims that expression of the anti-apoptotic gene bcl-2 can be used as a marker for stem cells of the muscle. The problem is that bcl-2 is an intracellular molecule, therefore it is difficult to selectively purify based on its expression. If a colourogenic substrate for bcl-2 can be discovered or already exists, this would greatly increase the value of the current patent.
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