COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING NEURONAL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION

• Main Authors: CHIN, WEIUN, CHEN, ERIC, YI-TONG, CHEN, CHI-SHUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.08.2013
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention features bioscaffolds comprising carbonaceous compositions (e.g., activated charcoal) an extracellular matrix component, and embryonic stem cells or other neuronal stem cells, and in vitro and in vivo methods of using such compositions to promote neuronal growth and differentiation. L'invention concerne des bio-échafaudages, qui comportent des compositions carbonées (par exemple du charbon activé), un composé de matrice extracellulaire et des cellules souches embryonnaires ou d'autres cellules souches neuronales, ainsi que des procédés in vitro et in vivo d'utilisation de telles compositions pour favoriser la croissance et la différenciation neuronales.