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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred Levine, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the protection and storage of cells. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the vacuum-mediated desiccation protection of mammalian cells. In particularly preferred embodiments, cells are treated with a carbohydrate (e.g., a disaccharide) prior to vacuum-mediated desiccation.