Use of neutral soluble glucan preparations to stimulate platelet production
Patent Number: 5488040
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday September 8th, 1989
Date Issued: Tuesday January 30th, 1996
Assignee: Alpha-Beta Technology, Inc. (Worcester, MA)
Inventors: Jamas, Spiros (Boston, MA); Easson, Jr., D. Davidson (Shrewsbury, MA); Ostroff, Gary R. (Worcester, MA)
From Class: Differentiation
Comments: No comments
beta.(1-3) glucan is used clinically as an immune stimulator. This patent teaches that beta glucan can be used to stimulate production of platelets by acting at the level of the hematopoietic stem cell. Beta glucan's mechanism of doing this appears to be currently unknown.
Given the wide availablity and safety profile of beta glucan, this patent is useful for clinical development if proper formulations can be made.
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