The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising anti-VEGF proteins and methods for producing such compositions.

The specification describes an improved serum-free animal cell culture medium, which can used for the production of a protein of interest. Ornithine, or a combination of ornithine and putrescine can be added to serum-free media or chemically defined media to improve viable cell density, to reduce cell doubling time, and to increase the production of a protein of interest.

Provided is a method for inducing mesoderm, comprising a step of bringing pluripotent stem cells into contact with bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) or CHIR for at least 3 days.

The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising anti-VEGF proteins and methods for producing such compositions.

The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising aflibercept and methods for producing such compositions in chemically defined media and using chromatography to reduce amounts of certain aflibercept variants.

The present invention relates to the method for mass production of mesenchymal stem cell-derived proteins including various growth factors and cytokines, a mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium containing a large amount of protein and produced by the above production method, cosmetic composition and pharmaceutical composition including the above conditioned medium for skin regeneration, anti-wrinkle, alopecia treatment, prevention of hair loss and promotion of hair growth. The method for mass production of the mesenchymal stem cell-derived protein of the present invention can greatly increase the amount of various growth factors and proteins which are known to be not expressed from mesenchymal stem cells or expressed only in very small amounts by the existing culture method, and the mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium prepared by the above method contains a large amount of various kinds of cytokines and growth factors so that it has the excellent effect on skin regeneration, wrinkle improvement, prevention of hair loss, alopecia treatment and hair growth promotion.

The present invention concerns a method of generating a population of skeletal muscle derived human muscle precursor cells. For this purpose, a specialized FBS-free cell growth medium is used. The invention further concerns a composition comprising such a population of hMPCs for use as a medicament, especially in the treatment of skeletal muscle dysfunction.

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions useful for the production of slaughter-free meat products, and the characterizations of the same. The slaughter-free meat products contain several points of distinction when compared to conventional meat procured by harvesting the tissue of a dead animal. Such points of distinction include, but are not limited to, significantly reduced or substantially no: steroid hormones, antibiotics, or microbial contamination; lower fat content; no vasculature; and extended shelf life both at room temperature and when refrigerated.

Methods and compositions for expanding dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells are described herein that include use of compositions and culture media that have at least the following components: an FGF, an agonist of SHH signaling, an agonist of canonical Wnt signaling, and Wnt-C59. The methods include contacting dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells with a culture medium comprising an FGF, an agonist of SHH signaling, an agonist of canonical Wnt signaling, and Wnt-C59, to generate an expanded dopaminergic neuron progenitor cell population.

A serum-free culture medium for in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes includes a Hepes-free M199 basal medium, fatty acid-free BSA, human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG), 17β-estradiol, epidermal growth factor (EGF), L-cysteine, bFGF, Glutamax (100×), folic acid, cholic acid and CXCL12. A method of culturing bovine oocytes using such serum-free culture medium is provided.