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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Gloria Astrid Limb, London, GB;
Peng Tee Khaw, London, GB;
Inventors:
Gloria Astrid Limb, London, GB;
Peng Tee Khaw, London, GB;
Assignee:
The Institute of Ophthalmology, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for the production of retinal cells, useful in transplantation therapy, comprises: (i) obtaining one or more mammalian adult Müller cells; and (ii) culturing the cells in the presence of an extracellular matrix protein and a growth factor to thereby induce dedifferentiation of the Müller cells into a progenitor phenotype.