ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,484, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to PROMOCELL GMBH (Heidelberg, Germany).
"Culture medium for pluripotent stem cells" was invented by Hagen Wieland (Heidelberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a chemically defined medium for eukaryotic cell culture, comprising water, at least one carbon source, one or more vitamins, one or more salts, one or more fatty acids, one or more buffer components, selenium, at least one substance of the group of Functional Inhibitors of Acid Sphingomyelinase (FIASMAs) and at least one polypeptide of the TGF-Beta superfamily with the ability to inhibit stem cell dif...