Method for efficient transfer of human blastocyst-derived stem cells (hBS cells) from a feeder-supported to a feeder-free culture system, long-term propagation of hBS cells under feeder-free conditions and use of cultured hBS cells for applications in myocardial regeneration
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1. A method for transferring human blastocyst-derived stem cells (hBS cells) into a feeder-free culture system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) mechanically dissociating without an enzymatic treatment hBS cells grown on a feeder cell layer;
b) transferring the mechanically dissociated hBS cells to a feeder cell free culture; and
c) culturing the hBS cells under feeder-free growth conditions in a suitable growth medium and on a suitable support substrate, wherein said suitable growth medium is a cell-free medium conditioned by previous exposure to feeder cells, and said suitable support substrate comprises a cell-free matrix comprising extracellular matrix proteins.
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Abstract
A method for the transfer of human blastocyst-derived stem cells (hBS cells) to feeder-free culture system and propagation of the cells in such a feeder-free culture system, the method comprising the following steps of (a) transferring the balstocyst-derived stem cells from feeder to feeder free culture by mechanical treatment, (b) optionally, culturing the blastocyst-derived stem cells under feeder cell free growth conditions in a suitable growth medium and/or on a suitable support substrate, and (c) optionally passaging the blastocyst derived stem cell line every 3-10 days by enzymatic and/or mechanical treatment. The invention also relates to the application of hBS cells cultured under feeder free condition in medicine (e.g., myocardial regeneration) and screening and toxicity tests.
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1. A method for transferring human blastocyst-derived stem cells (hBS cells) into a feeder-free culture system, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) mechanically dissociating without an enzymatic treatment hBS cells grown on a feeder cell layer; b) transferring the mechanically dissociated hBS cells to a feeder cell free culture; and c) culturing the hBS cells under feeder-free growth conditions in a suitable growth medium and on a suitable support substrate, wherein said suitable growth medium is a cell-free medium conditioned by previous exposure to feeder cells, and said suitable support substrate comprises a cell-free matrix comprising extracellular matrix proteins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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