Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry, has licensed cells developed at IU to Applied Biological Materials Inc., a life science company based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
The Kupffer cells are mouse liver cells that can be grown in vitro. They also are able to undergo division for long periods of time, which means researchers studying liver function can use genetically identical cells in repeatable experiments.
Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington developed the cells. More information about the licensing agreement is available here.
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