Method for culturing pluripotent stem cells
AssigneeJTEC Corporation
InventorsToshimasa Uemura, Yui Onomura, Takashi Tsumura
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Abstract
Provided is a method for efficiently culturing pluripotent stem cells with higher safety. The present invention relates to a method for culturing pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising culturing an isolated pluripotent stem cells in a pseudo-microgravity environment to proliferate the pluripotent stem cells while maintaining the pluripotent stem cells in an undifferentiated state, thereby forming and growing spheroids of the pluripotent stem cells; and a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells by using the method.
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A method for culturing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), the method comprising:
- culturing isolated iPS cells in a pseudo-microgravity environment to proliferate the iPS cells while maintaining the iPS cells in an undifferentiated state, thereby forming and growing spheroids of the iPS cells;
- and performing one cycle of the steps of disrupting the resulting spheroids by passing the spheroid through a filter having a filter mesh size of 40 to 100 μm and culturing the disrupted spheroids in a pseudo-microgravity environment, thereby forming and growing spheroids, or repeating the cycle two or more times.
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