Patent ID: 9358234
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a human patient having a neurological deficit, the neurological deficit being a spinal cord injury, the method comprising the step of: (a) administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of more developmentally potent human cells to the human patient; wherein the more developmentally potent human cells are obtained by contacting human mesenchymal stem cells with an effective amount of BrdU for an effective period, wherein the BrdU-contacted, human mesenchymal stem cells become more developmentally potent human cells capable of migrating to an area of tissue damage, and functioning in a manner that reduces the neurological deficit, wherein the more developmentally potent cells are implanted into a body cavity that is fluidly-connected to the area of neurological deficit.