Progenitor cells from wharton's jelly of human umbilical cord
US7547546B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2523/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Human progenitor cells are extracted from perivascular tissue of human umbilical cord. The progenitor cell population proliferates rapidly, and harbours osteogenic progenitor cells and MHC−/− progenitor cells, and is useful to grow and repair human tissues including bone.
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