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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip B McGlave, St. Paul, MN (US);
Catherine M Verfaillie, St. Paul, MN (US);
Pankaj Gupta, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; A16K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435377 ; 514-8 ; 530395 ; 435399 ; 435401 ;
Abstract
An anionic macromolecular containing composition is disclosed that is capable of supporting conservation and differentiation of long-term bone marrow culture initiating cells in cultured mammalian hematopoietic cells. The composition disclosed is a mixture of glycoproteins, more specifically proteoglycans, which are of a molecular weight greater than 200 kD.