AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION

Patent application number	Title	Published
AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION Patent applications
20100267052	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES - The present invention relates generally to the identification of biological markers associated with an increased risk of developing Diabetes, as well as methods of using such biological markers in diagnosis and prognosis of Diabetes. The biological markers of the invention may indicate new targets for therapy or constitute new therapeutics for the treatment or prevention of Diabetes.	10-21-2010
20090155232	Neonatal human hepatocytes immortalized using tert and methods of their use - The present invention relates to the discovery of immortalized neonatal human hepatocytes that exhibit phenotypic features of human hepatic progenitor cells. The invention is also directed to a method of obtaining telomerase-immortalized neonatal human hepatocytes that exhibit phenotypic features of human hepatic progenitor cells. Furthermore, the instant invention describes methods of using the immortalized neonatal human hepatocytes in cellular therapies, toxicological studies, pharmacokinetic studies, metabolic studies, therapeutic gene delivery and for the production of fully differentiated hepatocytes.	06-18-2009