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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (US);
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Markus H. Frank, Cambridge, MA (US);
Natasha Y. Frank, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bruce Ksander, Boston, MA (US);
Paraskevi Evi Kolovou, Boston, MA (US);
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (US);
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of treating a subject having an ocular condition, methods of isolating ocular stem cells, methods of selecting and/or producing ocular grafts for transplantation, and methods of promoting ocular cell regeneration as well as to grafts and preparations containing isolated ocular stem cells characterized by the expression of ABCB5 on their cell surface.