Isolation of spore-like cells from tissues exposed to extreme conditions
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1. A method for isolating a spore-like cell population from a mammalian biological tissue or cell containing fluid, the method comprising (a) obtaining a mammalian tissue or cell containing fluid and exposing the mammalian tissue or cell containing fluid to an environment in which differentiated or partially differentiated cells in the tissue or fluid die, wherein the environment includes one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature of 42°
- C. or greater, freezing, non-physiological salt concentration, essential absence of oxygen for at least four hours, size separation and passaging in cell culture, treatment with acid or base, radiation and drying, and (b) separating the population of viable spore-like cells from the dead differentiated or partially differentiated cells.
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Highly undifferentiated spore-like cells can be isolated from many different tissues and bodily fluids after those tissues and fluids have been exposed to extreme conditions. The spore-like cells can be used to treat a wide variety of disorders.
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1. A method for isolating a spore-like cell population from a mammalian biological tissue or cell containing fluid, the method comprising (a) obtaining a mammalian tissue or cell containing fluid and exposing the mammalian tissue or cell containing fluid to an environment in which differentiated or partially differentiated cells in the tissue or fluid die, wherein the environment includes one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature of 42°
- C. or greater, freezing, non-physiological salt concentration, essential absence of oxygen for at least four hours, size separation and passaging in cell culture, treatment with acid or base, radiation and drying, and (b) separating the population of viable spore-like cells from the dead differentiated or partially differentiated cells.
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