Patent 7863045 was granted and assigned to Tigenix on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein CDMP-1 or a transforming growth factor β having at least 80% homology with CDMP-1, or a factor co-expressed and/or co-detectable therewith, is used as a marker of skeletal precursor cells from any part of a mammalian body.