Morphogen-induced liver regeneration
Patent Number: 5849686
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday March 11th, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday December 15th, 1998
Assignee: Creative BioMolecules, Inc.
Inventors: Kuberasampath, Thangavel (Medway, MA); Rueger, David C. (Hopkinton, MA); Oppermann, Hermann (Medway, MA); Pang, Roy H. L. (Etna, NH); Cohen, Charles M. (Medway, MA)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent provides various morphogens that can be administered in vivo for the induction of liver regeneration. This patent is useful alone, or in combination with exogenous stem cell delivery for treatment of hepatic disorders.
This patent is especially interesting in light of recent work using cord blood stem cells for liver regeneration.
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