Patents Assigned to Makoto Funaki
  • LOW RIGIDITY GELS FOR MSC GROWTH MODULATION
    Publication number: 20110177593
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 0.1-2.5 kPa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Makoto Funaki
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Jessamine Winer
  • SOFT GEL SYSTEMS IN MODULATING STEM CELL DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20100227399
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 150-750 Pa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Makoto Funaki
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Paul A. Janmey, Jessamine Winer