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Licensing technologies and commercialization

July 14 2009

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, announced that it has licensed a novel package of stem cell related technologies to TheraCell, Inc. (California, USA), which will further develop and commercialize the technology for advanced regenerative medicine procedures such as spinal fusion. The technology was invented by a team headed by Professor Dan Gazit from the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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  1. Composite scaffolds and methods using same for generating complex tissue grafts - US patent application 20040203146, Pending.

  2. Methods of inducing or enhancing cartilage repair – US patent 6,849,255; European patent 0995795.

  3. Methods of inducing or enhancing connective tissue repair - US patent application 20030228292, granted.

  4. Systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating biological samples - PCT, 2006.

  5. Methods of implanting mesenchymal stem cells for tissue repair and formation – US patent application 20080112936, pending.

  6. Genetically engineered cells which express bone morphogenetic proteins - US patent application 20020102728, pending.  European patent 1007559. 

  7. Scaffolds with oxygen carriers, and their use in tissue regeneration – PCT, 2009.

  8. Method for targeted delivery of bioactive molecules for tissue regeneration – Provisional patent 2009.
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