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OCT4 and SOX2 with SV40 T antigen produce pluripotent stem cells from primate somatic cells

US8268620B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · US

Inventors

James A. Thomson · Madison, US
Junying Yu · Daguantang, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2009
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2510/00
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods for reprogramming primate somatic cells to pluripotency using an episomal vector that does not encode an infectious virus are disclosed. Pluripotent cells produced in the methods are also disclosed.

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