Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Swine population having low levels of porcine endogenous retrovirus and uses thereof
- Patent Title (中): 猪内源性逆转录病毒水平低的猪群及其用途
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Application No.: US11911653Application Date: 2006-04-13
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Publication No.: US08088969B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Robert Bartlett Elliott , Olga Garkavenko , Alexander Burns Ferguson
- Applicant: Robert Bartlett Elliott , Olga Garkavenko , Alexander Burns Ferguson
- Applicant Address: AU Sydney
- Assignee: Living Cell Products Pty Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Living Cell Products Pty Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: AU Sydney
- Agency: Greenlee Sullivan P.C.
- Priority: NZ539491 20050415
- International Application: PCT/NZ2006/000074 WO 20060413
- International Announcement: WO2006/110054 WO 20061019
- Main IPC: C12N5/00
- IPC: C12N5/00
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods of selecting and maintaining a population of pigs having a low copy number of porcine endogenous retrovirus, and the use of such pigs as a source of cells, tissue and/or organs suitable for xenotransplantation. The invention further relates to methods for selecting cells, tissue and/or organs from such pigs for suitability for use in xenotransplantation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080152625A1 Swine Population Having Low Levels of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus and Uses Thereof Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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