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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2002
Mitchell Reff, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Ailor, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael J. Betenbaugh, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bruno Figueroa, Jr., Baltimore, MD (US);
Marie Hardwick, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mitchell Reff, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Ailor, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael J. Betenbaugh, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bruno Figueroa, Jr., Baltimore, MD (US);
Marie Hardwick, Baltimore, MD (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Biogen Idec Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to preventing or delaying programmed cell death by expressing one or more anti-apoptotic polypeptides in a cell such that programmed cell death in the cell is prevented or delayed. The present invention also relates to increasing production of a cell-related product by expressing one or more anti-apoptotic polypeptides in a cell such that production of the cell-related product by the cell is increased. Recombinant cells useful for producing cell-related product or cellular therapy are also provided.