Patents Assigned to LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.
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Publication number: 20220395536Abstract: An object is to provide a cell product for treating and/or preventing vascular dementia. The present invention provides a cell product for treating or preventing vascular dementia, containing a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell (Muse cell) derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell derived from a cultured mesenchymal cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Kuniyasu NIIZUMA, Teiji TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20220387507Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application using pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine. The present invention provides a cell formulation and pharmaceutical composition that are for amelioration and therapy for frequent urination and bladder pain caused by the inflammation of the bladder and that contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from cultured mesenchymal cells or a mesenchymal tissue of a living organism. The cell formulation according to the present invention is considered to be based on a mechanism in which, for example, Muse cells are administered against interstitial cystitis having the abovementioned disorders to be successfully engrafted into affected bladder tissue, whereby the disorders are ameliorated and treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicants: Life Science Institute, Inc., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, THE JIKEI UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Tokunori YAMAMOTO, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Akira FURUTA, Mari DEZAWA, Yasumasa KURODA
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Publication number: 20220370510Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
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Publication number: 20220323509Abstract: Provided is a cell product for treating myocarditis, comprising a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell derived from a cultured mesenchymal cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Mari DEZAWA, Yoshikatsu SAIKI, Hiroki TAKAYA
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Patent number: 11419899Abstract: A cell product for prevention and/or treatment of vascular disorders such as aortic aneurysm, comprising a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a cultured mesenchymal cell (Muse cell).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Yoshikatsu Saiki, Mari Dezawa, Katsuhiro Hosoyama
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Publication number: 20220169979Abstract: This disclosure describes efficient methods for separating desired populations of cells, including Multilineage-Differentiating Stress-Enduring (MUSE) cells. Also described are the methods for isolating and enriching MUSE cells through a sorting, expanding, and re-sorting procedure. The enriched cells or cell populations can be used for treating cancer, repairing various tissues, and treating various degenerative or inherited diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicants: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Wise Young, Dongming Sun, Iman Tadmori, Zikuan Leng, Mari Dezawa
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Publication number: 20220156932Abstract: Provided are a skin disease analysis program, a skin disease analysis method, a skin disease analyzer, and a skin disease analysis system, which can analyze skin disease more accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: University of Tsukuba, SOINN Inc., Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro FUJISAWA, Kodai IWASHITA, Mitsuyoshi ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220000936Abstract: A cell product may be used for treating a peripheral blood flow disorder, and the cell product may include an SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a cultured mesenchymal cell. The peripheral blood flow disorder is preferably a peripheral arterial disease, more preferably chronic arterial obstruction in a limb.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicants: KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Satoaki MATOBA, Mari DEZAWA
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Publication number: 20210228638Abstract: A cell product for treatment of spinal cord injury, comprising a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell (Muse cell) derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a cultured mesenchymal cell. Preferably, the spinal cord injury is complete or incomplete spinal cord injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Makoto KAWAMURA, Naoya MASUTOMI
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Publication number: 20210233660Abstract: There are provided an estimation system, an estimation program and an estimation method through which voice spoken by a subject is estimated, a disease from which the subject is suffering is distinguished and estimated, aggravation of the disease is prevented, and patients are able to receive appropriate treatment based on accurate distinguishing of the disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicants: Life Science Institute, Inc., PST Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro OMIYA, Yorio KUMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210213068Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application to regenerative medicine that uses pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells). The present invention provides a cell preparation for treating cerebral infarction and sequelae associated therewith that contains SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from mesenchymal tissue in the body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation of the present invention is based on a brain tissue regeneration mechanism by which Muse cells differentiate into nerve cells and the like in damaged brain tissue by administering Muse cells into cerebral parenchyma.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masanori Yoshida, Mari Dezawa, Teiji Tominga
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Patent number: 10993966Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application to regenerative medicine that uses pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells). The present invention provides a cell preparation for treating cerebral infarction and sequelae associated therewith that contains SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from mesenchymal tissue in the body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation of the present invention is based on a brain tissue regeneration mechanism by which Muse cells differentiate into nerve cells and the like in damaged brain tissue by administering Muse cells into cerebral parenchyma.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masanori Yoshida, Mari Dezawa, Teiji Tominaga
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Publication number: 20200206272Abstract: A cell product for treatment of epidermolysis bullosa, comprising a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell (Muse cell) derived from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a cultured mesenchymal cell. Preferably, the epidermolysis bullosa is epidermolysis bullosa simplex, junctional epidermolysis bullosa, or dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Yasuyuki FUJITA, Naoya MASUTOMI
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Publication number: 20200197446Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
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Patent number: 10641762Abstract: Provided is a test method comprising a step for measuring the number of SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells present in a blood sample collected from a subject, the test method providing a prognosis for cerebral infarction in the subject, and the diagnosis or prediction of asymptomatic cerebral infarction or the risk of cerebral infarction after a transient ischemic attack in the subject using the number of pluripotent stem cells as an index.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Mari Dezawa, Satoshi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20190290702Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel use of pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) for medical purposes in regenerative medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition both for ameliorating and treating perinatal brain damage including learning disability and motor disability, each of the cell preparation and the pharmaceutical composition containing SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue collected from a living body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation according to the present invention relies on a mechanism that Muse cells are administered to a subject having the above-mentioned damage to cause the engraftment of the Muse cells in a damaged brain tissue, thereby ameliorating and treating the damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shinobu Shimizu, Masaaki Mizuno, Masahiro Hayakawa, Mari Dezawa
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Publication number: 20190240262Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical use of pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) in the regenerative medicine area. Provided are a cell preparation and a medicinal composition for ameliorating and treating chronic lung disease in newborns, said cell preparation and medicinal composition comprising SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation according to the present invention is based on a mechanism whereby the aforesaid disease is ameliorated and treated by administering Muse cells to a subject suffering from the disease and engrafting the cells in lung tissues.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Life Science Institute, Inc., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Toshihiko SUZUKI, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA
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Publication number: 20190201456Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical use of pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) in regenerative medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from mesenchymal tissue of a living organism or cultured mesenchymal cells, and which are intended for alleviation and treatment of ischemia reperfusion-induced lung injury. The cell preparation according to the present invention is based on a mechanism in which Muse cells are administered to a subject having the abovementioned disease to engraft the cells into lung tissues, and the disease is alleviated and treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi YABUKI, Yoshinori OKADA, Mari DEZAWA
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Publication number: 20190201455Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and easy-to-prep cell product for prevention and/or treatment of organ fibrosis such as liver fibrosis. Provided is a cell product for prevention and/or treatment of organ fibrosis such as liver fibrosis, the cell product comprising a SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cell (Muse cell) derived from mesenchymal tissue in a living body or a cultured mesenchymal cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Mari DEZAWA, Michiaki UNNO, Toshihiro YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SHINDO, Hiroto HARA, Naoya MASUTOMI
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Publication number: 20190185903Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cell creation method that enables a reduction in cost and time, that is highly safe, and that has great potential for being industrially applied. Provided by the present invention is a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent cells in vitro into cells having a same phenotype and function as information-presentation cells, the method comprising co-culturing pluripotent cells or a cellular fraction having said pluripotent cells concentrated therein, together with damaged cells or dead cells derived from information-presentation cells, or together with a portion of the damaged cells or dead cells derived from information-presentation cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventor: Mari DEZAWA