Novocell Patents Endoderm

View this message online Hello manoj kumar valluru, The San Diego company Novocell Inc issued a press release announcing granting of a "seminal stem cell patent".  Reading of this patent (#7,510,876) shocked us.  It contains perhaps one of the broadest claim sets we have seen here at StemCellPatents.com.  In essence it appears to cover "an in vitro culture of definitive endoderm".  This one is a must-read !  Congratulations Novocell !! Angiogenesis for therapeutic purposes is a hot topic these days, with various companies such as Cardium, Medistem, and CVBT in various stages of clinical development.  Recently Novartis was issued patent #7,511,019 covering administration of FGF-4 for treatment of ischemic heart disease. A new way of purifying hematopoietic stem cells was disclosed in patent #7,510,877 involving selecting for the CD150+, CD48-, and CD244- fraction of hematopoietic tissue. Stem cell expansion without differentiation through the use of STAT3 protein transduced cells was covered in patent #7,510,870.  This technique is promising but issues regarding leukemogenesis may arise.   Definitive endoderm     Patent Number: 7,510,876 Assignee | Inventor Continuing Novocell's domination of IP in the area of developing commercial ES-derived products, this recent patent covers composition of matter on in vitro endoderm (eg progenitor cell of the liver, pancreas, digestive tube)  derived from "multipotent" cells.  The broadest claim, "An in vitro cell culture...[Read More] Ask a question OR leave your comments.     Novocell Awarded Seminal Stem Cell Patent Monday April 6th, 2009 @ 18:37:51 EST San Diego, CA (March 31, 2009) – Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, today announced that it has received U.S. Patent 7,510,876 with claims covering human definitive endoderm cells, an essential cell for generating not only pancreatic type cells, which Novocell is developing for use as a cell therapy for diabetes, but also...[Read More] Ask a question OR leave your comments. Read more StemCellPatents.com News   Media Partnerships (NEW)   RECENTLY ADDED PATENTS     Definitive endoderm (7,510,876) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Method of treating coronary artery disease by administering FGF-4 (7,511,019) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Hematopoietic stem cell identification and isolation (7,510,877) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     STAT3 activated stem cell (7,510,870) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Treatment of cancers (7,507,766) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Protection of cardiac myocardium (7,504,379) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Embryonic stem cells and neural progenitor cells derived therefrom (7,504,257) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Systems and methods for treating patients with processed lipoaspirate cells (7,501,115) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Compositions, methods and kits related to thrombin, Notch signaling and stamatogenesis and growth of stem cells (7,501,281) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     Tooth progenitor cell and method for its production (7,498,168) Assignee | Inventor | Ask a question OR leave your comments     View all 1404 Stem Cell Patents on StemCellPatents.com     LATEST NEWS     Novocell Awarded Seminal Stem Cell Patent 19 hours ago     CD34 to iPS: A New Look at Banking? March 30th     Hair stem cells migrate to SDF-1 March 16th     Rheumatoid Arthritis Model Treated by Mesenchymal Stem Cells March 14th     Radiation Induced Bacterial Translocation Causes GVHD March 10th     Read more news on StemCellPatents.com     LATEST JOBS POSTS     View the StemCellPatents.com Job Board   Thanks again for your help in supporting StemCellPatents.com. Media Partnerships (NEW) (BETA) ------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, click here. Delivered: Tuesday April 7th, 2009 @ 14:15:16 EST