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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M. Jessell, New York, NY (US);
Karel F. Liem, Jr., New York, NY (US);
Gabi Tremml, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; A61K 3/822 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; A61K 3/822 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a composition comprising an amount of a purified protein selected from a group consisting of bone morphogenetic protein 4, bone morphogenetic protein, bone morphogenetic protein 7, dorsalin-1 and combinations thereof effective to stimulate neural crest cell differentiation and an acceptable carrier. This invention provides different uses of this composition.