Liver regeneration using pancreas cells
Patent Number: 6132708
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday October 10th, 1997
Date Issued: Tuesday October 17th, 2000
Assignee: Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, OR)
Inventor: Grompe, Markus (Portland, OR)
From Class: Use
Comments: No comments
While some patents cover the generation of islet like cells from hepatocytes by transfection with PDX-1, this patent covers the generation of live cells through insertion of pancreatic cells into the spleen (in one embodiment). If anything, this patent attests to the plasticity of various cellular populations.
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