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North Carolina, Florida Inventors Develop Stem Cells Isolation Method
US Fed News
Hindustan Times
02 February 2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 2 -- Robert W. Storms and Susan M. Ludeman, both of Durham, N.C., Michael Colvin of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Clayton A. Smith of Tampa, Fla., have developed a novel reagent and a method for isolating stem cells, including human stem cells.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates, in general, to stem cells, and in particular, to a method of isolating stem cells and to reagents suitable for use in such a method. The invention further relates to stem cell populations isolatable in accordance with the present method."
The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 6,991,897 on Jan. 31.
The patent has been assigned to Duke University, Durham. The original application was filed on Aug. 1, 2003, and is available at:
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