National University of Singapore

Es Cell International Pte Ltd

Ariffeen Bongso

Benjamin Eithan Reubinoff

Martin Frederick Pera

Chui Yee Fong

Mahesh Choolani

Zhouwei Huang

Chui-Yee Fong

Alan Osborne Trounson

Gauthaman Kalamegam

Sukumar Ponnusamy

There is provided a method of identifying at least one foetal erythroblast in a sample, the method comprising analyzing the morphology of at least one cell in the sample; wherein at least one analyzed cell that is nucleated, is CD45 negative and comprises a relatively high cytoplasmic to nuclear ratio is identified as the foetal erythroblast.

Method of identifying, isolating and/or culturing foetal erythroblasts

The present invention relates to undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells, methods of cultivation and propagation, production of differentiated cells and in particular the production of human embryonic stem cells capable of yielding somatic differentiated cells in vitro, as well as committed progenitor cells capable of giving rise to mature somatic cells and uses thereof. The present invention also provides a purified preparation of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells capable of proliferation in vitro. Furthermore, the present invention provides a somatic cell differentiated in vitro from an undifferentiated embryonic stem cell. There is also provided a committed progenitor cell capable of giving rise to mature somatic cells.

Embryonic stem cells

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Ariffeen Bongso