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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuan-di C. Halvorsen, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Assignee:
Artecel Sciences, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ; A61B 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ; A61B 1/756 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a composition of an isolated human adipose tissue-derived stromal cell that has been differentiated to exhibit at least one characteristic of a non-adipocyte cell lineage wherein the non-adipocyte cell lineage is osteoblastic. The adipose-derived cell possessing an osteoblastic characteristic can be genetically modified or combined with a matrix. The compositions of the invention can be used in vivo to repair bone and treat bone diseases.