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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
D. Kacy Cullen, Media, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a composition comprising an astrocyte comprising aligned and elongated astrocyte processes resulting from ex vivo machine-driven, physical stretching of the astrocyte maintained in culture, as well as a method of making it. The invention also includes a composition comprising an astrocyte comprising aligned bi-polar processes resulting from growth within hydrogel micro-columns in culture, as well as a method of making it. The invention also provides methods of treatment of nervous system injury or degeneration by implanting the compositions of the invention.