Methods of isolating and detecting bone marrow stromal cells with VCAM-1-specific antibodies
Patent Number: 5827670
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday October 27th, 1998
Date Issued: Thursday August 2nd, 1990
Assignee: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Masinovsky, Boris (Bellevue, WA); Gallatin, William Michael (Mercer Island, WA); Simmons, Paul J. (Seattle, WA)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent covers VCAM positive bone marrow stromal cells. These are the cells that support hematopoietic stem cell proliferation. Do mesenchymal stem cells have VCAM on them??
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