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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Angela Wandinger-ness, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tamara Roitbak, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Elsa G Romero, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Inventors:
Angela Wandinger-Ness, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tamara Roitbak, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Elsa G Romero, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure provides human renal stem cells. Also described are human renal stem cells isolated from the papillary region of the human kidney and methods of isolating the same. Also described are methods for culturing, characterizing, and differentiating the same, including methods for identifying human renal stem cells that are positive for Nestin and CD133, and methods for allowing the cells to differentiate into neurons.