Generation of pancreatic progenitor cells

The invention relates to in vitro methods for producing pancreatic progenitor cells and cell populations from cells having definitive endoderm germ layer phenotype. The invention further encompasses so-obtained pancreatic progenitor cells and cell populations, compositions comprising the same, and further uses of said pancreatic progenitor cells and cell populations, such as inter alia for producing functional, insulin-producing beta cells. The invention is of particular relevance for medical applications, more specifically in the field of cell therapy of diabetes.

Patents:
EP 2,233,566

Inventor(s): BOUWENS LUC [BE]; KUNJOM MFOPOU JOSUE [BE]

Type of Offer: Sale



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