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  • Compositions and methods for modulating cell proliferation using growth factor-polysaccharide binding fusion proteins
    Patent number: 5874308
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for in vitro expansion of growth factor dependent cells. Expansion is effected through the use of growth factor conjugates that include a growth factor such as a steel factor and a polysaccharidase substrate binding region. The conjugates are immobilized by binding of the substrate binding region to a substrate of the polysaccharidase in a growth chamber for the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Douglas G. Kilburn, Keith R. Humphries, James G. Doheny, Eric Jervis, Judie Alimonti