Method for enhancing the implantation and differentiation of marrow-derived mesenchymal cells
Patent Number: 5197985
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday November 16th, 1990
Date Issued: Tuesday March 30th, 1993
Assignee: Unknown Assignee(s)
Inventors: Caplan, Arnold I. (Cleveland Heights, OH); Haynesworth, Stephen E. (Cleveland Heights, OH)
From Class: Differentiation
Comments: No comments
Mesenchymal stem cells are a topic of intense investigation and subject to several clinical trials, including by Osiris Therapeutics who are currently in Phase III for treatment of graft versus host disease.
This is one of the older patents on mesenchymal stem cells that teaches the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into bone forming cells. This is performed through the use of several agents including hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate as carriers of the cells.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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