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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7989205 | Cell culture media, kits and methods of use Albumin-supplemented and xenogeneic product-free cell culture media, cell culture media supplements, and cell culture media kits for the support of primary culture of normal non-hematopoietic cells of mesodermal origin suitable for both research and clinical applica... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7270990 | Virus production An improved process for recovery of virus from allantoic fluid of virus-infected chick embryos. Virus associated with granular and fibrous debris in the allantoic fluid can be disassociated from the debris and recovered, thereby increasing viral yield. Dissociation ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7220538 | Composition for maintaining organ and cell viability The present invention is directed to nanoparticle compositions for maintaining organ, tissue and cellular viability when such are separated from normal physiological supports. Compositions containing the nanoparticle compositions and methods of preserving organs suc... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7132288 | Medium for culturing tumor cells Disclosed is a medium for cultivating tumor cells, comprising the following constituents, as comprised for example in the medium RPMI 1640: (a) fetal calf serum (FCS), (b) penicillin-streptomycin, (c) L-glutamine, (d) transferrin, (e) insulin, (f) human epidermal gr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6943023 | Insect cell primary culture medium, extra cellular matrix, and process of preparing an insect culture cell line in a short period of time using the medium and matrix A novel cell culture medium suitable for primary culture of insect cells, an insect-derived water-soluble chitin, and a process of preparing an insect culture cell line in a short period of time by using the insect primary culture medium and the insect-derived water... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6861255 | Method of using fish plasma components for tissue culture A process of using a fish plasma component as a nutrient medium component for tissue culture includes obtaining blood from a fish that is a progeny of domesticated broodstock that are reared under consistent and reproducible conditions, separating plasma from the bl... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6844313 | Composition containing a meiosis activating substance A solid composition containing a meiosis activating substance can be prepared by adding a protein or a phosperglycid. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6762053 | Mammalian gamete and embryo culture media and culture media supplements The present invention provides a supplement and a culture media useful for culturing mammalian gametes and embryonic tissue. The culture media comprises at least one of recombinant human albumin, fermented hyaluronan, and citrate. Because the constituents are produc... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6733746 | Hematopoietic cell culture nutrient supplement The present invention provides a serum-free supplement which supports the growth of hematopoietic cells in culture. Also provided are a medium comprising a basal medium supplemented with the serum-free supplement of the present invention. The present invention also ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6617159 | Serum free medium for chondrocyte cells Serum free media for growth and proliferation of chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells in culture are provided. A serum free medium for growth of chondrocytes includes a serum free composition comprising FGF-2, linoleic acid, ascorbic acid, B-mercaptoet... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6599740 | Method of using fish plasma components for tissue culture A process of using a fish plasma component as a nutrient medium component for tissue culture includes obtaining blood from a fish, separating plasma from the blood, and extracting one or more specific components of the plasma. The tissue is cultured using... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6506576 | Serum-and steroid-free culture media for cerebellar granule neurons The invention is a system for maintenance and high-throughput analysis of cerebellar granule neurons in tissue culture plates under chemically defined conditions. The invention includes serum-free granule culture medium, which is composed of high glucose ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6413772 | Cell structure media for mammalian cells A chemically defined mammalian cell culture medium is provided that supports maintenance and long term clonal growth of mammalian hepatocytes and other cells.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6376238 | Culture media for neurons, methods for preparing the culture media, and methods for culturing neurons The present invention is directed to a culture medium for neurons prepared by adding albumin to a culture supernatant obtained from a culture of primary astroglial cells in a trophic medium supplemented with insulin and transferrin. The culture medium of ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6372210 | Method for repopulating human bone marrow comprising culturing CD34+ cells in a serum free medium A serum-free medium which supports the proliferation and differentiation of CD34+ cells purified from normal bone marrow, peripheral blood of patients treated with cytokines, and umbilical cord blood is described. The recipe for the formulation... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6361998 | Efficient culture of stem cells for the production of hemoglobin The present invention describes a serum-free medium that promotes the growth and differentiation of erythroid cells, cells that are highly transducible by a non-viral method and genes which increase the growth of erythroid cells and decrease their depende... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6277557 | Infusible grade short-term cell storage medium An infusible-grade storage medium that is capable of preserving the viability and function of stem cells, nucleated cells and other hematopoietic cells is provided.... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6274305 | Inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells A method of testing cancer cells is described. Assays are provided for determining the potential for inhibiting cancer cells proliferation using albumin-derived peptides. The methods of the present invention allow for drug screening as well as for evaluat... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6224860 | Method for repopulating human bone marrow comprising culturing CD34+ cells in a serum free medium A serum-free medium which supports the proliferation and differentiation of CD34+ cells purified from normal bone marrow, peripheral blood of patients treated with cytokines, and umbilical cord blood is described. The recipe for the formulation... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6153432 | Methods for the differentiation of human preadipocytes into adipocytes The present invention provides methods and compositions for the consistent and quantitative differentiation of human preadipocytes isolated from adipose tissue into adipocytes bearing biochemical, genetic, and physiological characteristics similar to that... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6093551 | Process and device for in vitro diagnosis of allergic disorders The invention relates to a process for the in vitro diagnosis of allergic, in particular also pseudo-allergic, immunological and environment-related disorders using live biopsy tissue samples. Also disclosed is a mobile incubation device for keeping the t... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6043092 | Cell culture media for mammalian cells A chemically defined mammalian cell culture medium is provided that supports maintenance and long term clonal growth of mammalian hepatocytes and other cells.... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5955257 | Infusible grade short-term cell storage medium for mononuclear cells An infusible-grade storage medium that is capable of preserving the viability and function of stem cells, nucleated cells and other hematopoietic cells is provided.... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5945337 | Method for culturing CD34+ cells in a serum-free medium A serum-free medium which supports the proliferation and differentiation of CD34+ cells purified from normal bone marrow, peripheral blood of patients treated with cytokines, and umbilical cord blood is described. The recipe for the formulatio... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5916809 | Medium for culturing normal human epidermal melanocytes Provided is a medium for culturing normal human epidermal melanocytes in vitro. The medium comprises a basal medium for culturing animal cells, Ca2+ at a final concentration of between about 0.15 mM and about 1.2 mM and Mg2+ at a f... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908782 | Chemically defined medium for human mesenchymal stem cells A composition and method for maintaining the viability of human mesenchymal precursor cells in a serum-free environment which composition includes (1) a minimum essential medium; (2) serum albumin; (3) an iron source; (4) insulin or an insulin-like growth... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5780301 | Serum-free medium for cultivation of postnatal central neurons Disclosed is a synthetic medium with PDGF, vitronectin, IL-1ଲ and BSA added to Eagle's minimum essential medium or medium with transferrin, insulin, progesterone and putrescine further added thereto. When cultivating the postnatal central neurons us... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5766951 | Serum-free medium supporting growth and proliferation of normal bone marrow cells A serum-free medium which supports the growth and proliferation of bone marrow cells is described. Recipes for two formulations are given, one of which provides a medium suitable for growth of bone marrow cells for use in human therapeutic protocols.... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5702881 | Method and solution for organ preservation comprising retinal-derived growth factor, cyclodextrin, mucopolysaccharide and fluorocarbon The present invention is directed to a new preservation solution useful for the initial flushing and for the storage of organs intended for transplantation using a warm preservation technology, between 18° C. and 37° C. Among the components of the prese... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5691203 | Method for serum-free culture of human vascular endothelial cells Animal adhesive cells, particularly human vascular endothelial cells, are cultured in serum-free condition by coating at least one polymer having cell adhesive activity on an inner surface of a culture vessel or surface of a carrier for cell culture, and ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5641678 | Serum-free culture medium for drosphila insect cells The invention provides serum-free media for the culture of drosophila insect cells. The serum-free media of the invention comprise a basal medium to which is added yeast hydrolysate, and albumin or dextran. In another embodiment of the invention, albumin ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5607852 | Process for attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine production A live, attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine is produced with enhanced yield of VZV. The new process makes mass production of a live VZV vaccine more practical. In addition, optimized monoloyer cell culture conditions provide a process for maximizing... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5518914 | Growth medium containing a complex of prealbumin, a retinoid and retinol-binding protein used to enhance B cell growth This invention provides a complex consisting essentially of prealbumin, retinol-binding protein, and a retinoid which binds to retinol-binding protein, wherein the concentration of retinoid in the complex is from about 2×10-5 M to about 10 | 05/21/1996 |
| 5474931 | Media concentrate technology The present invention relates to a method of subgrouping media formulations into stable, compatible components that can then be solubilized at high concentrations (10× to 100×). Concentrated solutions of the ingredient containing subgroups can be used t... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5324656 | Media for normal human muscle satellite cells An improved basal nutrient medium MCDB 120 for the clonal growth of human muscle satellite cells (HMSC) is described. In addition, serum-free supplements for the clonal growth of HMSC containing serum albumin, dexamethasone, fetuin fraction mitogen, epide... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5232848 | Basal nutrient medium for cell culture This defined basal nutrient medium is very effective in both high and low density culture of a wide variety of cell lines and cell types. The medium may be used for serum-free culture or supplemented with low levels of serum. The medium contains a buffer ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5143842 | Media for normal human muscle satellite cells An improved basal nutrient medium MCDB 120 for the clonal growth of human muscle satellite cells (HMSC) is described. In addition, a serum-free supplement for the clonal growth of HMSC containing serum albumin, dexamethasone, fetuin epidermal growth facto... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5066578 | Long-term preservation of organs for transplantation A novel method for preservation of organs for transplantation, wherein the organ to be transplanted is first perfused with a preservation solution containing essentially pyruvate, inorganic salts providing ions to retain the cell action potential and opti... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5021349 | Culture medium containing human albumin, process for the preparation of an injectable product from this medium, product obtained and its use, and composition obtained The present invention relates to a lymphoblastoid cell culture medium making it possible in particular to prepare products which can be administered to man by intravenous injection, the said culture medium containing, in addition to the constituent compon... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5019495 | Tissue culture antiviral processes and compositions Nutrient, such as fetal calf serum, for tissue culture medium comprising serum and one or more glycyrrhizic triterpenoid compounds and delipidated albumin to inactivate BVD, CMV and other susceptible viruses and processes of protecting tissue cultures fro... | 05/28/1991 |
