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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2010
Jonathan Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard Schwartz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Thompson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Luis Jorge Camilo Maranga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Simon Sheng-tsiung Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mridul Ghosh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajit Subramanian, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jonathan Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard Schwartz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Thompson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Luis Jorge Camilo Maranga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Simon Sheng-Tsiung Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mridul Ghosh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajit Subramanian, Berkeley, CA (US);
Memimmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel MDCK cells which can be to grow viruses, e.g., influenza viruses, in cell culture to higher titer than previously possible. The MDCK cells can be adapted to serum-free culture medium. The present invention further relates to cell culture compositions comprising the MDCK cells and cultivation methods for growing the MDCK cells. The present invention further relates to methods for producing influenza viruses in cell culture using the MDCK cells of the invention.