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Directed differentiation of embryonic cells

  • US 20020146678A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2001
  • Published: 10/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of mapping a pathway of differentiation of a population of embryonic cells, comprising:

  • (i) selecting;

    (a) a set of gene expression products, wherein each gene expression product in the set is characteristic of a cell type that has undergone differentiation, such that a plurality of differentiated cell types are represented in the set; and

    (b) an exogenous factor from a library of exogenous factors;

    (ii) applying the exogenous factor to the population of embryonic cells;

    (iii) characterizing the effect of the exogenous factor on the differentiation pathway of the population of cells by determining gene expression products in the set; and

    (iv) mapping the pathway of differentiation of the cells.

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