Submucosa as a growth substrate for islet cells
Patent Number: 5695998
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday February 10th, 1995
Date Issued: Tuesday December 9th, 1997
Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN); Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN)
Inventors: Badylak, Stephen F. (W. Lafayette, IN); Boder, George (Martinsville, IN); Voytik, Sherry (Lafayette, IN); Demeter, Robert J. (Mooresville, IN); Critser, John (Carmel, IN); Liu, Chi (Indianapolis, IN)
This patent teaches that submucosa matrix proteins are useful for expanding islet cells in vitro. This technology may allow the use of pancreatic stem cells to generate large amounts of islets for treatment of patients with Type 1 diabetes.
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