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Platelets from stem cells

  • US 20070077654A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2006
  • Published: 04/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for the production of human platelets in vitro comprising the steps of (a) culturing human embryonic stem cells under conditions which favor the differentiation of the cells into the hematopoietic lineage;

  • (b) culturing the cells of the hematopoietic lineage into megakaryocytes;

    (c) culturing the megakaryocytes so that they will produce platelets; and

    (d) recovering the platelets apart from the megakaryocytes.

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