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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Jason Hipp, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Shay Soker, Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jason Hipp, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Shay Soker, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods of screening cells for differentiation or de-differentiation, and/or for status as a pluripotent or multipotent (e.g., 'stem') cell, by detecting the differential expression (e.g., upregulation, downregulation) of genes.