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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Bradley G. Thompson, Calgary, CA;
Samuel Weiss, Calgary, CA;
Tetsuro Shingo, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stem Cell Therapeutics Inc., Calgary, AB, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of selectively producing neural cells, including neurons or glial cells, in vitro or in vivo. Also provided are methods of treating or ameliorating neurodegenerative disease or medical conditions by producing neural cells. Thus, a combination of factors is used to achieve two steps: increasing the number of neural stem cells and instructing the neural stem cells to selectively become neurons or glial cells.