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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Wen-ghih Tsang, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Tianli Zheng, Culver City, CA (US);
Wei Liu, Cypress, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wen-Ghih Tsang, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Tianli Zheng, Culver City, CA (US);
Wei Liu, Cypress, CA (US);
Assignee:
Reneuron, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery of a selective cell surface marker that permits the selection of a unique subset of pancreatic stems cells having a high propensity to differentiate into insulin producing cells or into insulin producing cell aggregates.