Method of regenerating or replacing cartilage tissue using amniotic cells
Patent Number: 5612028
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday February 17th, 1988
Date Issued: Tuesday March 18th, 1997
Assignee: Genethics Limited (Surrey, GB)
Inventors: Sackier, Jonathan M. (Surrey, GB3); Wood, Christopher B. (Buckinghamshire, GB3); Krishnan, Rajagopallan (Surrey, GB3); Wiggington, Gordon R. (Hampshire, GB3); Butler, Douglas Mitchel H. (Surrey, GB3)
This patent teaches the use of stem cells derived from amniotic tissue for regeneration of cartilage tissue. The stem cells of the amniotic tissue claimed are epithelial and free of mesenchymal tissue.
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