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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Evan Y. Snyder, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Xandra O. Breakefield, Newton Center, MA (US);
Karen S. Aboody, Needham, MA (US);
Ulrich Herrlinger, Tuebingen, DE;
William P. Lynch, Ravenna, OH (US);
Evan Y. Snyder, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Xandra O. Breakefield, Newton Center, MA (US);
Karen S. Aboody, Needham, MA (US);
Ulrich Herrlinger, Tuebingen, DE;
William P. Lynch, Ravenna, OH (US);
The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Charlestown, MA (US);
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is based upon a surprising finding that stem cells, more particularly neural stem cells, can migrate throughout a brain tumor and track metastatic brain tumor cells. The invention provides a method for treating brain tumors by administering genetically engineered neural stem cells in an individual affected by brain tumors. The invention also provides a method of preparing genetically engineered neural stem cells and a composition comprising genetically engineered neural stem cells in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.