Highlights of Recent Stem Cell Patents

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Highlights of recent stem cell patents issued on Sept.20, 2011 (US
patents) and patent applications published on Sept.15, 2011 (US and WO
(PCT)).

1. Stem cell matrix dressing for rapid repairing or healing of skin
damage
2. Prohibitin as a biomarker for identifying undifferentiated
pluripotent stem cells
3. Recombinant laminin-10 for enhancing self-renewal of pluripotent
human stem cells
4. Stem cells for treating hemorrhagic shock
5. Method for the enrichent of cardiac stem cells
6. Marker for determining the susceptibility of a cancer patient to an
osteoblastic response in mesenchymal stem cells
7. Stem cell mobilization for the treatment of damaged myocardium
8. Method of inducing the differentiation of germline stem cells
9. Stem cells derived from monocytes for treating tissue damage
10. Method for differentiating retinal stem cells into neural retinal
cells
11. Stem cell therapy to build a bypass tract in the heart
12. Dermal papilla tissues having hair follicle inducting ability from
stem cells
13. Adipose stem cell culture derived supernatant for the treatment of
neural death
14. Treating radiation damage using genetically modified mesenchymal
stem cells
15. Anti-apoptotic protein STC-1 expressing stem cells for the
treatment of prostate cancer
16. Treating leukemia using PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonists that
increase the normal hematopoietic stem cells
17. Method for isolating breast cancer stem cells
18. Enhanced proliferation and differentiation of stem cells using
polyanion cocktail
19. SDF-1 mediated enhanced proliferation and survival of mesenchymal
precursor cells
20. Method for inducing differentiation from retinal progenitor cells
into retinal cells
21. Stem cells for treating brain or spinal cord injury
22. Stem cell binding peptide containing implantable devices for
tissue repair

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