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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Austin Gerard Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Qi-long Ying, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Austin Gerard Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Qi-Long Ying, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0735 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0606 (2013.01); C12N 2500/90 (2013.01); C12N 2501/115 (2013.01); C12N 2501/727 (2013.01);
Abstract
Pluripotent cells are maintained in a self-renewing state in serum-free culture medium comprising a MEK inhibitor, a GSK3 inhibitor and, optionally, an antagonist of an FGF receptor. Pluripotent cells are also maintained in a self-renewing state in serum-free culture medium comprising a MEK inhibitor and an antagonist of an FGF receptor.