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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Austin Gerard Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Scott Mountford, Melbourne, AU;
Inventors:
Austin Gerard Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Scott Mountford, Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 67/00 (2006.01); A01K 67/033 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Animal stem cells are obtained and maintained by culturing cells containing, in the genome, a selectable marker. Differential expression of the selectable marker enables preferential survival and/or division of the desired stem cells compared to the non-stem cells.