Method of selecting pluripotent hematopioetic progenitor cells
Patent Number: 5827742
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday September 1st, 1994
Date Issued: Tuesday October 27th, 1998
Assignee: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Inventor: Scadden, David T. (Weston, MA)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
Comments: No comments
This patent takes advantage of the fact that early hematopoietic stem cells are usually CD34+ and quiescent. By treatment of CD34+ cells with cytotoxic agents that kill proliferating cells, a population of primitive stem cells may be obtained.
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