A protein hydrolysate composition derived from a microorganism, such as a chemoautotrophic microorganism, and methods of preparing and using the same are provided. The protein hydrolysate composition may be produced sustainably through fixation of carbon dioxide from biogenic or atmospheric sources. The protein hydrolysate composition finds use in supplementing culture media for serum-free culturing of animal cells as well as for growing other types of cells such as probiotics and lactic acid bacteria. Thus, the present disclosure provides sustainable, humane processes for culturing cells for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical application as well as for human consumption as a food ingredient or product, including cultured meat.

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 a method for reducing the oxidation of methionine residues in a recombinant protein by culturing cells expressing the recombinant protein in a cell culture medium and feeding the cells with glutamine.

The invention relates to serum-free cell culture medium, wherein the medium either contains maltose as the sole carbohydrate source, or contains maltose and at least one other saccharide as carbohydrate sources. In a preferred embodiment, the additional saccharide is a monosaccharide, preferably glucose, and the medium comprises DMEM-F12. In a preferred embodiment the cells to be cultured may be CHO or HEK293 cells. Also disclosed are methods of growing and/or culturing a cell using the cell culture medium as described herein, methods of increasing protein yield using the cell culture medium as described herein, and kits thereof.

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.

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

Methods and compositions for pre-conditioning, transduction and/or hypothermic preservation of vascular cells transduced with nucleic acid constructs for expressing pro-angiogenic factors are provided. Also provided are uses of such cells in therapy.

In accordance with the present invention, CHO cells expressing a recombinant polypeptide of interest are grown in media where the amino acids, vitamins, phosphate, lipids and/or antioxidant optimization is utilized to manipulate and/or control the protein quality attributes of the polypeptides. Polypeptides expressed in accordance with the present invention may be advantageously used in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.

[Problem to Be Solved] The present invention is to provide a method of culturing a cell, which method safely increases GDNF mRNA expression without introducing a gene with a virus.

[Means to Solve the Problem] A method of producing a cultured cell comprising glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) mRNA, including the step of culturing a human skin-derived stem cell in a serum-free medium containing at least one of SAG, purmorphamine and sonic hedgehog (SHUT) protein. The medium may further contain B-27 supplement, a ROCK inhibitor, EGF and FGF2.

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.