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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
James Thomson, Madison, WI (US);
Junying Yu, Middleton, WI (US);
Inventors:
James Thomson, Madison, WI (US);
Junying Yu, Middleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for reprogramming primate somatic cells to pluripotency using an episomal vector that does not encode an infectious virus are disclosed. Pluripotent cells produced in the methods are also disclosed.