Method of isolating mesenchymal stem cells associated with isolated megakaryocytes by isolating megakaryocytes
Patent Number: 5965436
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday November 15th, 1996
Date Issued: Sunday September 12th, 1999
Assignee: Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Inventors: Thiede, Mark A. (Forest Hills, MD); Marshak, Daniel R. (Lutherville, MD)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent teaches that mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow are sometimes found in attachment to megakaryocytes. The patent teaches that it is possible to extracted megakaryocytes from the bone marrow, using antibodies such as anti-CD41, and then from the megakaryocytes to de-attach the mesenchymal stem cells.
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