MICROENVIRONMENT NICHE ASSAY FOR CiPS SCREENING
AssigneeDNAmicroarray, Inc.
InventorBabak Esmaeli-Azad
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Abstract
The present invention provides three-dimensional microenvironment niches prepared from biomaterial compositions that supports growth and self renewal of stem cells. The invention also provides methods for inducing pluripotency in a somatic cell using chemical compounds, as well as methods for screening for compounds that can induce pluripotency in a somatic cell.
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A three-dimensional microenvironment niche comprising a biomaterial composition that supports growth and self renewal of a stem cell.
A CiPS cell, wherein pluripotency is induced in the cell by at least one chemical that activates at least one endogenous pluripotency factor.
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