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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jason Spence, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Briana Dye, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention disclosed herein generally relates to methods and systems for converting stem cells into specific tissue(s) or organ(s) through directed differentiation. In particular, the invention disclosed herein relates to methods and systems for promoting definitive endoderm formation from pluripotent stem cells. The invention disclosed herein further relates to methods and systems for promoting ventral-anterior foregut spheroid tissue formation, 3-dimensional lung tissue formation, and lung organoid tissue formation produced in vitro from the described methods.