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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Ian Chambers, Edinburgh, GB;
Austin Gerard Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Ian Chambers, Edinburgh, GB;
Austin Gerard Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Pluripotency determining factors are described which act intracellularly and maintain a pluripotent cell in a pluripotent state in the absence of gp130 activation, which maintain or confer pluripotency of a human stem cell, which maintain or confer pluripotency of a mouse ES cell, and which maintain or confer pluripotency of a stem cell from a non-permissive strain of mice. The factors and vectors encoding or activating the factors are used to maintain and derive pluripotent cells, especially of higher mammals, including humans.