Patents by Inventor Thomas Touboul

Thomas Touboul has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD FOR HEPATIC DIFFERENTIATION OF DEFINITIVE ENDODERM CELLS
    Publication number: 20130031645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a population of hepatic progenitor cells, said method comprising a step of culturing definitive endoderm cells with a culture medium stimulating hepatic specification. In a particular embodiment, such culture medium stimulating hepatic specification comprises a retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonist, an FGF family growth factor and an inhibitor of the activin signaling pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Touboul, Ludovic Vallier, Anne Weber-Benarous