Patents by Inventor Masahiro GO

Masahiro GO 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).

  • Cell sorting method
    Patent number: 10072242
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of removing or reducing undifferentiated cells from a differentiated cell population contaminated or having a risk of contamination with undifferentiated cells by contacting a pigment epithelium-derived factor with the differentiated cell population to induce apoptosis of the undifferentiated cells. The invention also provides an agent for cell transplantation therapy, containing a differentiated cell population substantially free of an undifferentiated cell, which is obtained by the method, as well as an agent for inducing apoptosis of an undifferentiated cell, containing a pigment epithelium-derived factor, and combined use of the aforementioned agent for cell transplantation therapy and the aforementioned agent for inducing apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe
    Inventors: Hoshimi Kanemura, Masahiro Go, Shin Kawamata, Naoki Nishishita
  • CELL SORTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160040123
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of removing or reducing undifferentiated cells from a differentiated cell population contaminated or having a risk of contamination with undifferentiated cells by contacting a pigment epithelium-derived factor with the differentiated cell population to induce apoptosis of the undifferentiated cells. The invention also provides an agent for cell transplantation therapy, containing a differentiated cell population substantially free of an undifferentiated cell, which is obtained by the method, as well as an agent for inducing apoptosis of an undifferentiated cell, containing a pigment epithelium-derived factor, and combined use of the aforementioned agent for cell transplantation therapy and the aforementioned agent for inducing apoptosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hoshimi KANEMURA, Masahiro GO, Shin KAWAMATA, Naoki NISHISHITA