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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Applicants:
Austin Gerard Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
Thomas Grant Burdon, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Austin Gerard Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
Thomas Grant Burdon, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N015/85 ; C12N005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cultured in the presence of a compound which selectively inhibits propagation or survival of cells other than ES cells. The ES cells have not been genetically altered. Instead, the compound inhibits a signalling pathway which is essential for propagation of differentiated cells but is not essential for propagation of ES cells—hence ES cells are selectively maintained in the culture