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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Denise Faustman, Boston, MA (US);
Inventor:
Denise Faustman, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Coporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/40 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 35/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention features methods for increasing or maintaining the number of functional cells of a predetermined type, for example, insulin producing cells of the pancreas, blood cells, spleen cells, brain cells, heart cells, vascular tissue cells, cells of the bile duct, or skin cells, in a mammal (e.g., a human patient) that has injured or damaged cells of the predetermined type.