STEM CELLS CULTURE SYSTEMS
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Provided are systems and methods for providing human cell cultures. Further provided are cultures of feeder cells for use in stem cell technology, as well as cultures, culture systems and methods for maintenance and propagating of stem cells in an undifferentiated state as well as for the development of somatic cells cultures from stem cells, the somatic cell cultures being free of extraembryonic cells.
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- 79. A method for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state, the method comprising incubating said cells with a culture system comprising feeder cells expanded from human umbilical cord cells, human embryonic fibroblast cells (HEF) or a combination of same.
- 86. A method for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state, the method comprising incubating the cells with a culture system comprising feeder cells expanded from human umbilical cord cells and being essentially fibroblast cells, whereby the stem cells are maintained in an undifferentiated state.
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