Patents Assigned to TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER
  • USE OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF LEUKODYSTROPHIES
    Publication number: 20080095750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a treatment of a leukodystrophy by administration of an adipose-derived stem cell. Specifically, the present invention relates to the treatment of Krabbe disease with an adipose derived stem cell differentiated to express galactocerebrosidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicants: PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gimble, Bruce Bunnell, Mandi Lopez