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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Dolores Baksh, Mississauga, CA;
John E. Davies, Toronto, CA;
Peter Zandstra, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/0775 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0663 (2013.01); C12N 2501/125 (2013.01); C12N 2501/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a method of expanding human progenitor cells by suspension culturing under non-static conditions. The culturing method provides a three-dimensional space for the rapid expansion of desirable progenitors. By this method, a new compartment of multipotential progenitor cells has been identified, which give rise under differentiation conditions to progeny including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myoblasts, adipocytes, and other non-hematopoietic cell types. Their use in cell and tissue-based engineering is described.