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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:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip B McGlave, St. Paul, MN (US);
Catherine M Verfaillie, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey S Miller, Little Canada, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43524021 ; 4352401 ; 4352402 ; 435240241 ; 43524025 ;
Abstract
A method for culturing mammalian hematopoietic, preferably stem cells, is provided comprising maintaining a population of human hematopoietic cells in a non-contacting relationship to a population of cultured stromal cells, which populations are in preferably liquid stromal growth medium connection, so that the ability of the stem cells in said population to differentiate and self-replicate is maintained during an extended culture period.