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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Hermann Oppermann, Medway, MA (US);
Engin Ozkaynak, Milford, MA (US);
Thangavel Kuberasampath, Medway, MA (US);
David C Rueger, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Roy H Pang, Etna, NH (US);
Charles M Cohen, Medway, MA (US);
Creative BioMolecules, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are (1) nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel morphogenic protein; (2) methods for producing and expressing the protein in a biologically active form; and (3) methods for utilizing the protein to induce tissue morphogenesis in a mammal, including methods for increasing a progenitor cell population in a mammal, methods for stimulating progenitor cells to differentiate and maintain their differentiated phenotype in vivo or in vitro, methods for inducing tissue-specific growth in vivo and methods for the replacement of diseased or damaged tissue in vivo.