Pancreatic islet cell growth factors
CA 2400355 A1 · Owner: Harrison, Leonard C. · Inventors: Gonez, Leonel Jorge; Stanley, Edouard G.; Jiang, Fang-Xu
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The present invention relates generally to growth factors and more particularly to growth factors which are capable of stimulating or otherwise facilitating formation of insulin-secreting cells. The identification of these growth factors permits the development of protocols to culture cells in vitro for transplantation into mammalian and in particular human subjects with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes or related conditions. It is further contemplated that the endogenous expression of growth factors required for the development of insulin-producing cells may be manipulated in vivo by the , appropriate administration of agents including genetic agents capable of regulating the …
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- Filed February 16, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 16, 2021.
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