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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Dennis Clegg, Ventura, CA (US);
David Buchholz, New York, NY (US);
Roxanne Croze, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Britney Pennington, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Peter Coffey, Bedfordshire, GB;
Lyndsay Leach, Goleta, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the field of cell culture, specifically, the derivation of retinal pigmented epithelial cells from pluripotent cells. The invention comprises the use of various cell culture medium supplements, medium formulations, and methods of using such medium supplements and formulations, in order to effect the rapid differentiation of pluripotent cells into retinal pigmented epithelial cells with very high yields. The invention further includes cell culture media formulations for the efficient maintenance, propagation, and maturation of cultured retinal pigmented epithelial cells.