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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Shinya Yamanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Kazutoshi Takahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Okita, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nuclear reprogramming factor having an action of reprogramming a differentiated somatic cell to derive an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell. The present invention also relates to the aforementioned iPS cells, methods of generating and maintaining iPS cells, and methods of using iPS cells, including screening and testing methods as well as methods of stem cell therapy. The present invention also relates to somatic cells derived by inducing differentiation of the aforementioned iPS cells.