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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Jonathan Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard Schwartz, Bethesda, MD (US);
Mark Thompson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Luis Maranga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mridul Ghosh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajit Subramanian, Berkeley, CA (US);
Simon Sheng-tsiung Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jonathan Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard Schwartz, Bethesda, MD (US);
Mark Thompson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Luis Maranga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mridul Ghosh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajit Subramanian, Berkeley, CA (US);
Simon Sheng-Tsiung Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
MedImmune, 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.