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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. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank B. Gertler, Boston, MA (US);
James E. Bear, Brighton, MA (US);
Joseph J. Loureiro, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jurgen Wehland, Bad Harzburg, DE;
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for regulating cell motility and related products. In particular methods for promoting and preventing cell migration are described herein. The methods have a variety of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic uses, e.g., for wound healing, tissue generation, and treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative disease and metastasis.