Use of multipotent neural stem cells and their progeny for the screening of drugs and other biological agents
Patent Number: 6294346
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday July 8th, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday September 25th, 2001
Assignee: Neurospheres Holdings, Ltd. (Alberta, CA)
Inventors: Weiss, Samuel (Calgary, CA); Reynolds, Brent (Calgary, CA); Hammang, Joseph P. (Barrington, RI); Baetge, E. Edward (Barrington, RI)
From Class: Use
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Great advances in combinatorial chemistry and in silico design have fast outpaced the availability of biological systems that can be screened using high-throughput systems.
In this patent various neural stem cells and their progeny are claimed for use as screening targets in drug discovery.
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