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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Michael J. Taylor, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Simona C. Baicu, Charleston, SC (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Taylor, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Simona C. Baicu, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
LIFELINE SCIENTIFIC, INC., Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0677 (2013.01); C12N 2500/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of preparing pancreatic islets that may comprise pancreatites are provided. The methods may involve subjecting a pancreas and/or pieces thereof to disruption, such as, for example, an enzyme digest, and seeding the recovered cellular product comprising islets in a culture medium comprising at least a detectable amount of endocrine tissue and/or exocrine tissue.