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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicants:
R Bio Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Jeong-chan Ra, Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
R BIO CO., LTD, Seoul, KR;
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0775 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0667 (2013.01); C12N 2500/14 (2013.01); C12N 2500/25 (2013.01); C12N 2500/30 (2013.01); C12N 2500/32 (2013.01); C12N 2500/38 (2013.01); C12N 2500/76 (2013.01); C12N 2501/11 (2013.01); C12N 2501/115 (2013.01); C12N 2501/33 (2013.01); C12N 2501/39 (2013.01); C12N 2501/40 (2013.01); C12N 2501/998 (2013.01); C12N 2501/999 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medium composition for enhancing the self-renewal ability of stem cells, which contains apelin, and a method of culturing stem cells using the medium composition. According to the present invention, stem cells can be effectively cultured to proliferate without changing the characteristics of the cells, and the telomerase activity of stem cells can be increased. Thus, the efficacy of cell therapy based on stem cells can be significantly improved.