Production of megakaryocytes by the use of human mesenchymal stem cells
Patent Number: 6225119
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday May 22nd, 1998
Date Issued: Saturday September 1st, 2001
Assignee: Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Inventors: Qasba, Pankaj (Columbia, MD); Thiede, Mark A. (Forest Hill, MD)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent teaches that mesenchymal stem cells can be used to support the production of platelets from hematopoietic stem cells. Additionally, the patent covers genetically transformed hematopoietic stem cells in contact with mesenchymal stem cells for the generation of genetically transformed platelets.
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