Methods for isolation and activation of, and control of differentiation from, stem and progenitor cells
US6589728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2503/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of isolating, maintaining, and/or enriching for stem or progenitor cells derived from diverse organ or tissue sources. The invention specifically teaches that these can be accomplished by the controlled use of subatmospheric oxygen culture, and that the precise oxygen level or levels must be determined empirically and/or by reference to physiologic levels within intact functioning organ or tissue.
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