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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Stephen S. Navran, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Stephen S. Navran, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Synthecon, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for improving the health and viability of pancreatic islets and improving the outcome of pancreatic islet transplantations is described. The method includes incubating the islets with an IKVAV-containing laminin A chain peptide, such as PA22-2, either before or during the culturing of the islets in an RCCS bioreactor.