Isolation and preservation of fetal and neonatal hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells of the blood and methods of therapeutic use
Patent Number: 5192553
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday November 12th, 1987
Date Issued: Tuesday March 9th, 1993
Assignee: Biocyte Corporation (New York, NY)
Inventors: Boyse, Edward A. (Tucson, AZ); Broxmeyer, Hal E. (Indianapolis, IN); Douglas, Gordon W. (New York, NY)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This is a patent on freezing cord blood stem cells. This is an important patent since it is generating revenue. The company Pharmastem used this patent and several others in order to position itself in the cord blood industry. Additionally, this patent stood the test of litigation.
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