The present invention relates to dry cell culture media comprising amino acid components of certain particle size. Some dry powder cell culture media show poor dissolving properties and result in turbid solutions when they are dissolved in aqueous solutions. Using amino acid components of certain particle sizes significantly reduces that problem.

The invention provides a method for culturing mammalian cells. The method provides greater control over cell growth to achieve high product titer cell cultures.

A culture medium for human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells includes a keratinocyte-SFM basal medium, L-Cysteine, FGF and SDF-1 is disclosed. The culture medium is effective for growing mesenchymal stem cells at a high proliferation rate while maintaining the purity, characterization and undifferentiated state of the cells.

The present invention relates to methods of modulating the mannose content of recombinant proteins.

Methods of preparing ovarian tissue for primordial follicle growth are presented comprising the steps: providing an ovarian tissue sample comprising cortical tissue and stromal tissue; removing damaged tissue from the ovarian tissue sample where present; removing excess stromal tissue from the ovarian tissue sample where present; and then mechanically stretching the ovarian tissue sample along at least one dimension of the ovarian tissue sample, such that the size of the ovarian tissue sample along the at least one dimension is increased by at least 10%. Methods of growing viable oocyte in vitro, and methods of preparing individual ovarian follicles for growth are also presented.

A culture medium is disclosed which comprises STAT3 activator, an ERK1/2 inhibitor and an Axin stabilizer, and optionally also a PKC inhibitor. Cell cultures comprising same and uses thereof are also disclosed.

Provided is a method of preparing induced pluripotent stem cells using a synthetic peptide, and more particularly, to a method of preparing induced pluripotent stem cells using a peptide capable of inhibiting the activity of NF-κB and promoting mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET). Since undifferentiated multipotent stem cells may be efficiently prepared under xenopathogen-free or feeder cell-free conditions without requiring co-culture with animal serum or xenogeneic cells, the method for preparing the induced pluripotent stem cells using the synthetic peptide according to the present disclosure is very useful for developing stem cell therapeutic agents that are clinically applicable.

A serum free cell culture media, wherein the media is adapted to be conditioned by culturing a first set of eukaryotic cells in the media, wherein the first set of eukaryotic cells use an expression vector to excrete levels of desired complex proteins into the media; wherein said desired complex proteins include human Growth Hormone (hGH), Growth Hormone-like growth factors, insulin-like growth factors, insulin, modified insulins, cytokines, mitogenic proteases and mixtures thereof; and wherein the media is adapted to grow a set of eukaryotic cells.

The present invention relates to a serum-free conditioned medium that solves the drawbacks mentioned in the prior art, as it does not require prior handling of the cells, and it furthermore allows starting from a large population with no additional cost. This medium favors in vitro proliferation and conservation of the pluripotency potential that allows maintaining a state that is undifferentiated with respect to the subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and in turn does not allow survival of the differentiated cells.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cell culture medium capable of enhancing cell growth efficiency without using feeder cells, in particular wherein the cell culture medium does not comprise serum. According to the present invention, a cell culture medium comprising fibrin 5 and Zeta polypeptide is provided.