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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Lawrence Gazda, Xenia, OH (US);
Barry Smith, New York, NY (US);
Albert Rubin, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Rogosin Institute, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for evaluating a pancreas as a source of therapeutically useful islets. A scoring system is set forth whereby 5 criteria are listed. If three criteria are positive, then the pancreas is a suitable source of therapeutically useful islets.