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US 7,452,529 B2Granted
Treatment of muscular dystrophy with cord blood cells
AssigneesViacell, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
InventorsRobert H. Brown, Jr., Seth P. Finklestein, Morey Kraus
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Abstract
The invention features methods for treating a patient suffering from muscular dystrophy by administration of umbilical cord blood cells, e.g., by IV infusion.
Claims1
A method for treating a patient suffering from Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, said method comprising the step of administering to said patient's blood stream human umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells, wherein the administration of said UCB cells results in engraftment of UCB-derived muscle cells that express dystrophin, thereby treating said patient by regenerating muscle mass.
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