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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Samuel Weiss, Calgary, CA;
Christopher Gregg, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Samuel Weiss, Calgary, CA;
Christopher Gregg, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Stem Cell Therapeutics Inc., Calgary, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing radial glial cells from neural stem cells, particularly by contacting neural stem cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) and/or TGFα. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) can optionally be added to enhance the effect of EGF, FGF-1 or TGFα. Also provided are methods of producing radial glial cells from ependymal cells, as well as methods of proliferating ependymal cells.