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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 41 ; 43524026 ;
Abstract
A method for obtaining permanently culturable human and animal cell lines, as well as uses for these cell lines, are disclosed. The method involves fusing cells of a non-immortal cell line with cytoplasts or cytoplasma fractions of 'immortal', transformed cells such as immortal myeloma cells, ascites-tumor cells or Epstein Barr Virus infected cells. Once fusion takes place the product is a permanently culturable variant of the previously normal cell line.