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Patent No.:

US 8986995 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Nikolay Turovets, Vista, CA (US);

Larisa Agapova, Vista, CA (US);

Andrey Semechkin, Oceanside, CA (US);

Jeffrey Janus, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikolay Turovets, Vista, CA (US);

Larisa Agapova, Vista, CA (US);

Andrey Semechkin, Oceanside, CA (US);

Jeffrey Janus, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/073 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0603 (2013.01); C12N 2501/065 (2013.01); C12N 2501/16 (2013.01); C12N 2501/415 (2013.01); C12N 2506/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method of generating definitive endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm cells. The method includes culturing embryonic stem cells, parthenogenetic cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells in the presence of a demethylation agent, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, or a combination thereof, and thereafter, culturing the stem cells in the absence of the agent or combination of agents, to produce definitive endoderm cells, mesoderm, or ectoderm cells.


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