Methods of culturing and modulating the growth of hair follicular stem cells
Patent Number: 5556783
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday March 27th, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday September 17th, 1996
Assignee: Trustees of Univ. of Penna (Philadelphia, PA); New York Univ. (New York, NY)
Inventors: Lavker, Robert M. (Malvern, PA); Sun, Tung-Tien (Scarsdale, NY); Yang, Jing-Shan (New York, NY)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent covers methods of expanding stem cells derived from the hair follicle. One of the methods of expanding hair follicle stem cells is through growing then on 3T3 fibroblasts.
Hair stem cells are somewhat similar to mesenchymal stem cells and may be useful for a wide variety of applications in addition to hair replacement.
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