Growth of pancreatic islet cells
Patent Number: 5681587
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday March 29th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday October 28th, 1997
Assignee: Desmos, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Inventors: Halberstadt, Craig (San Diego, CA); Zimber, Michael (Pullman, WA); Grzesiak, John J. (Cardiff, CA)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent teaches how to expand islets as much as 1000 fold !! This is performed through culture of islet stem cells in laminin 5, and other substrates derived from cell lines that are provided in the patent. This patent may be useful to stem cell companies that are currently generating islets from of a variety of stem cell sources.
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