University of Missouri

University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

Memphis Meats, Inc.

Monsanto Technology LLC

R Michael Roberts

Randall S Prather

Nicholas J Genovese

Jonathan Green

Bhanu Prakash V L Telugu

Nagappan Mathialagan

Lee D Spate

Kazuhiko Imakawa

Peter J Hansen

William W Thatcher

Ye Yuan

Michael F Mcgrath

The present invention provides a novel oocyte maturation medium or/and embryo culture medium with a chemically defined supplement to produce matured oocytes at high efficiency. The inventive medium or supplement comprises three growth factors, namely, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in a synergistic combination. Methods for oocyte and embryo culture are also provided.

Medium supplement to increase the efficiency of oocyte maturation and embryo culture in vitro

The present disclosure relates to methods for enhancing cultured meat production, such as livestock-autonomous meat production. In certain aspects, the meat is any metazoan tissue or cell-derived comestible product intended for use as a comestible food or nutritional component by humans, companion animals, domesticated or captive animals whose carcasses are intended for comestible use, service animals, conserved animal species, animals used for experimental purposes, or cell cultures.

Method for scalable skeletal muscle lineage specification and cultivation

A method for enhancing the fertility and for prolonging the lifespan of the corpus luteum in female mammals. The method comprising administering to the female mammal an effective amount of an interferon alpha together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

Use of interferons of the alpha family to enhance fertility in mammals

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Columbia, MO, United States of America

R Michael Roberts