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US 10,478,526 B2Granted
Skin substitutes and methods for hair follicle neogenesis
AssigneeThe Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
InventorsRajesh Thangapazham, Thomas N. Darling, Shaowei Li
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Abstract
This invention provides compositions in the form of skin substitutes comprising epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells, wherein the mesenchymal cells are not isolated from the occipital or nape region of the scalp, as well as methods for using the same.
Claims12
A skin substitute comprising, in a suspension,
- (i) epithelial cells;
- and
- (ii) isolated mesenchymal cells that are derived from the temporal region of a scalp, wherein the skin substitute induces hair follicle neogenesis.
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