Spore-like cells and uses thereof
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1. A cluster of spore-like cells, comprising spore-like cells that are multipotent;
- are approximately one-tenth to seven microns in diameter;
are viable following oxygen-deprivation for a period of twenty four hours and have an outer membrane containing one or more dark stripes when viewed by transmission electron microscopy, wherein the cluster of spore-like cells is produced by culturing isolated spore-like cells.
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Abstract
Highly undifferentiated spore-like cells can be isolated from many different tissues and bodily fluids and used to treat a wide variety of disorders.
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1. A cluster of spore-like cells, comprising spore-like cells that are multipotent;
- are approximately one-tenth to seven microns in diameter;
are viable following oxygen-deprivation for a period of twenty four hours and have an outer membrane containing one or more dark stripes when viewed by transmission electron microscopy, wherein the cluster of spore-like cells is produced by culturing isolated spore-like cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- are approximately one-tenth to seven microns in diameter;
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13. An aggregate of a population of isolated spore-like cells comprising spore-like cells that
are multipotent; -
are less than 1 micron in diameter; are viable following oxygen-deprivation for a period of twenty four hours, and have an outer membrane containing one or more dark stripes when viewed by transmission electron microscopy, wherein the aggregate of spore-like cells is produced by culturing isolated spore-like cells. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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