Patent ID: 11957718
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method of isolating a tonsillar multipotent progenitor cell (T-MPC) from a tonsillar tissue comprising the steps of:
a) contacting a tonsillar tissue with a digestion solution comprising a combination of Collagenase I, Collagenase II, thermolysin, and a deoxyribonuclease, wherein the tonsillar tissue is obtained from a tonsil biopsy sample, wherein the tonsillar tissue sample is less than 2.0 cubic centimeters; and
b) separating the T-MPCs,, wherein the yield of T-MPCs is at least 2×108 cells per gram of tissue.