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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marilyn Kehry, Danbury, CT (US);
Brian Castle, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 5/02 ; C07K 1/452 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 5/02 ; C07K 1/452 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of proliferating B cells as a means of obtaining large numbers of B cells. The present invention further provides methods of differentiating a proliferating B cell population to antibody producing cells.