SELECTIVE CELL PROLIFERATION

摘要

This invention provides methods to produce target cell populations which comprise primitive stem cells, progenitor cells, precursor cells, cells at intermediate stages of differentiation and terminally differentiated cells from almost any living cell within a patient such as a human. These target populations can be used in cell transplantation therapy such as bone marrow transplants, peripheral blood transplants, as well as in the recreation or supplementation of any organ or organ system such as the hematopoietic system. In addition, target cell populations are also useful in gene therapy for the introduction of genes and their expressed products into a patient either systemically or in a targeted fashion.