Patents Assigned to Hitoshi NIWA
  • Composition for culturing multipotent stem cells and utilization of the same
    Publication number: 20060127370
    Abstract: The invention aims to proliferate or establish undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells that retain their differentiation potency by culturing pluripotent stem cells in a medium free of a feeder cell, or a serum. The aim is attained by using a culture medium for pluripotent stem cells comprising the known ingredients, which is supplemented with an inhibitor of an adenylate cyclase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicants: RIKEN, Hitoshi NIWA
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niwa, Kazuya Ogawa