Patents by Inventor Cynthia Pittman

Cynthia Pittman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS OF ISOLATING DIFFERENTIABLE CELLS FROM PLACENTAL-ASSOCIATED TISSUE AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20070015278
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of isolating differentiable fetal-derived cells from various tissues of the placenta. Specifically, some of the methods of the present invention relate to isolating differentiable amnion-derived cells, while other methods of the present invention relate to isolating differentiable chorion-derived cells. The present invention also relates to methods of inducing these isolated differentiable amnion-derived and differentiable chorion-derived cells to at least partially differentiate. The present invention also relates to methods of treating insulin deficiencies in a subject by administering these differentiable amnion-derived cells and/or differentiable chorion-derived cells to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Yuling Li, JoAnne Garvin, Cynthia Pittman, Friedrich Hahn, Rulling Xu