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Article: Maine Medical Center Research Institute obtains United States patent.(Brief Article)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Maine Medical Center Research Institute (Scarborough, ME) has patented therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions based on Jagged/Notch proteins and nucleic acids, and on their role in the signaling pathway relating to endothelial cell migration and/or differentiation. In addition, this invention provides a substantially purified Jagged protein, as well as a substantially purified nucleic acid or segment thereof encoding Jagged protein, or a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof. Further, this invention provides a substantially ...