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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred A Tytell, Lansdale, PA (US);
Edgar Scattergood, Lansdale, PA (US);
Arthur K Field, North Wales, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 424 85 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an improved process for the growth of lymphoblastoid cells in a medium supplemented with human albumin. The invention further provides for the production of interferon by viral infection of these lymphoblastoid cells in a medium also supplemented with human albumin. This invention eliminates the necessity for adding animal proteins.