Patent ID: 7700090
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N,G01N

Abstract:
1. A combined cell population comprising a number of cells in vitro, said number of cells comprising isolated nucleated placental cells that comprise placental stem cells, and comprising stem cells from a second source, wherein said combined cell population, when cultured for a time and under conditions that allow the formation of colony-forming units, produces more colony-forming units than a number of said isolated nucleated placental cells equivalent to the number of cells in the combined cell population or a number of said stem cells from a second source equivalent to the number of cells in the combined cell population, alone, and wherein said isolated nucleated placental cells are obtained by perfusion of a post-partum human placenta by passing a perfusion solution into one or both of the umbilical artery and umbilical vein of said placenta and isolation of said isolated nucleated placental cells from the perfusate, wherein said placenta has been drained of cord blood and flushed to remove residual blood; and wherein said nucleated placental cells are not obtained from cord blood.