Parthenogenic oocyte activation
Patent Number: 5496720
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday February 10th, 1993
Date Issued: Tuesday March 5th, 1996
Assignee: Unknown Assignee(s)
Inventors: Susko-Parrish, Joan L. (Monona, WI); Northey, David L. (Middleton, WI); Leibfried-Rutledge, M. Lorraine (Madison, WI); Stice, Steven L. (DeForest, WI)
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Parthenogenesis comes from Greece and essentially means "virgin birth". This patent teaches how to induce parthenogenesis in a bovine oocyte through induction of calcium flux. The induction of parthenogenesis leads to activation of the oocyte and can be used as a method of generating autologous stem cells for woman.
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