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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dinah W. Y. Sah, San Diego, CA (US);
Fred H. Gage, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jasodhara Ray, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Signal Pharmaceuticials, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/08 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/08 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
Conditionally-immortalized human CNS progenitor cell lines are provided. Such cell lines, which may be clonal, may be used to generate neurons and/or astrocytes. Such cell lines and/or differentiated cells may be used for the development of therapeutic agents to prevent and treat a variety of CNS-related diseases. Such cell lines and/or differentiated cells may also be used in assays and for the general study of CNS cell development, death and abnormalities.