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US 2011/0318310 A1Published application
Method for enhancing stem cell trafficking
AssigneeDesert Lake Technologies, LLC
InventorsGitte S. Jensen, Christian Drapeau
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Abstract
Consumption of blue-green algae, or extracts thereof, enhances trafficking or homing of stem cells in animals by inducing a transient increase in the population of stem cells present in the animal's circulatory system. The animal may be healthy or suffering some disease or physiological condition.
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A method for enhancing stem cell trafficking in a subject, comprising:
- selecting a subject with a disease or physiological condition, wherein the disease or physiological condition is osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cardiac infarction, multiple sclerosis, or cirrhosis of the liver;
- and
- administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a blue-green algae,
- thereby enhancing stem cell trafficking in the subject.
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A method for enhancing stem cell homing in a subject, comprising:
- selecting a subject with a disease or physiological condition, wherein the disease or physiological condition is osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cardiac infarction, multiple sclerosis, or cirrhosis of the liver;
- and
- administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a blue-green algae,
- thereby enhancing stem cell homing in the subject.
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A method of treating a subject with a disorder amenable to treatment with stem cells, comprising:
- selecting a subject with a disorder amenable to treatment with stem cells, wherein the disease is osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cardiac infarction, multiple sclerosis, or cirrhosis of the liver;
- and
- administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a blue-green algae,
- thereby treating the disease.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.