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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Tim Maguire, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Rene S. Schloss, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Martin L. Yarmush, Newton, MA (US);
Tim Maguire, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Rene S. Schloss, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Martin L. Yarmush, Newton, MA (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
Alginate polyelectrolyte encapsulation is used for the controlled differentiation of embryonic stem cells. An isolated cell population is provided. The cell population includes a single cell suspension of ES cells encapsulated within an alginate polyelectrolyte microenvironment. The encapsulated ES cells are capable of differentiating within said microenvironment into hepatocyte lineage cells in the absence of embryoid body intermediates or growth factor supplementation.