Parthenogenic oocyte activation
Patent Number: 6077710
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday February 10th, 1993
Date Issued: Tuesday June 20th, 2000
Assignee: Infigen, Inc. (Deforest, WI)
Inventors: Susko-Parrish, Joan L. (Monona, WI); Northey, David L. (Madison, WI); Leibfried-Rutledge, M. Lorraine (Madison, WI); Stice, Steven L. (DeForest, WI)
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This patent covers the generation of embryos through virgin birth or parthenogenesis. Essentially if an oocyte is activated through the induction of calcium flux it can generate an embryo-like structure which can be used to derive stem cells.
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