Polymerized Hemoglobin Media and Its Use in Isolation and Transplantation of Islet Cells
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Abstract
Solutions and suspensions comprising polymerized hemoglobin derived from human blood are disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may comprise cell culture medium, an enzyme (such as a protease), and/or a buffer. Processes of preparing the solutions and suspensions are also disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may be employed in methods of isolating mammalian cells, such as pancreatic islets, methods of preserving mammalian tissue and organs, methods of aiding the recovery of mammalian cells following their isolation, methods of maintaining mammalian cells, methods of propagating mammalian cells, and methods of treating a mammal with diabetes.
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- 14. A method of isolating cells from a tissue in a mammal, comprising contacting the mammalian tissue with a solution comprising (a) polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and (b) an enzyme collagenase for producing cells from said mammalian tissue.
- 24. A method of preserving cells enzymatically produced from mammalian tissue, comprising contacting the tissue with a solution comprising (a) polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and (b) cell culture medium.
- 28. A method of aiding the recovery of mammalian cells following their isolation from tissue, comprising contacting the cells with a solution comprising (a) polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and (b) cell culture medium.
- 32. A method of maintaining mammalian cells isolated from tissue, comprising contacting the cells with a solution comprising (a) polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and (b) cell culture medium.
- 36. A method of propagating mammalian cells isolated from tissue, comprising contacting the cells with a solution comprising (a) polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and (b) cell culture medium.
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40. A method for treating a mammal with diabetes comprising the step of administering to the mammal an effective amount of a cell suspension comprising polymerized mammalian hemoglobin and pancreatic islet cells.
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