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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shimon Efrat, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ; C21N / ; C21N / ; C21N / ; C21N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800 21 ; 800 18 ; 800 22 ; 800 25 ; 424 9321 ; 435325 ; 435354 ; 435366 ; 435455 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a recombinant, glucose-regulated insulin producing beta cell whose proliferation is controlled by tetracycline or a derivative thereof. The present invention also provides a method for treating a subject with diabetes using the recombinant beta cell of the present invention.