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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Stemnion, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Howard C Wessel, New Kensington, PA (US);
Richard A Banas, Turtle Creek, PA (US);
STEMNION, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to methods for reducing the number of apoptotic cell deaths in a population of cells undergoing excessive cellular apoptosis. The invention is also directed to methods for preventing apoptotic cell death in a population of cells at risk for developing excessive cellular apoptosis. In particular, the invention is directed to methods for reducing or preventing excessive cellular apoptosis comprising exposing cells exhibiting or at risk for developing excessive cellular apoptosis to a cellular factor-containing composition called Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution (referred to herein as ACCS), which is obtained from the culturing of Amnion-derived Multipotent Progenitor (AMP) cells, or AMP cells.