Disclosed are a stable recombinant cell clones which are stable in serum- and protein-free medium for at least 40 generations, a biomass obtained by multiplying the stable cell clone under serum- and protein-free culturing conditions, and a method of preparing recombinant proteins by means of the biomass. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of recovering stable recombinant cell clones.

Some embodiments relate to methods for the recombinant expression of a protein of interest in a mammalian host cell, use of an shRNA or an siRNA directed against the Galectin-1 gene for increasing the expression of a protein of interest in a mammalian host cell and kits comprising an shRNA or an siRNA and a CHO cell.

A method of expanding and maintaining human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in an undifferentiated state by culturing the ESCs in a suspension culture under culturing conditions devoid of substrate adherence is provided. Also provided are a method of deriving ESC lines in the suspension culture and methods of generating lineage-specific cells from ESCs which were expanded in the suspension culture of the present invention.

Disclosed are a stable recombinant cell clones which are stable in serum- and protein-free medium for at least 40 generations, a biomass obtained by multiplying the stable cell clone under serum- and protein-free culturing conditions, and a method of preparing recombinant proteins by means of the biomass. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of recovering stable recombinant cell clones.

This invention relates to a novel cell culture medium and methods to enhance recombinant antibody purity using the cell culture medium disclosed herein. The novel cell culture medium is a self-made feeding medium, which comprises from about 90 nM to about 500 mM cysteine, from about 50 mM to about 500 mM tyrosine, and from about 50 mM to about 300 tryptophan. This invention also relates to a method of growing cell culture using the cell culture medium disclosed herein By controlling the concentration of cysteine in the self-made feed medium as well as the amount and time of adding this feed medium into the cell culture, the purity of antibodies is significantly improved while glycosylation profile and antibody expression level are consistently maintained to guarantee the efficacy of antibodies.

The present invention is directed generally to cell culture media useful for introducing macromolecules and compounds (e.g., nucleic acid molecules) into cells (e.g., eukaryotic cells) in the presence of said media. Cells containing introduced materials can be further cultured in the media. In particular, the invention allows introduction of nucleic acid molecules (e.g., vectors) into cells (particularly eukaryotic cells) and expression of proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules in the cells. The invention obviates the need to change the cell culture medium each time a different procedure is performed with the cells (e.g., culturing cells vs. transfecting cells). The invention thus provides efficient and high throughput methods to transform/transfect culture and cells avoiding the need for multiple manipulations and transfers of cells during transfection and expression studies.

The present invention relates to animal protein-free cell culture media comprising polyamines and a plant- and/or yeast-derived hydrolysate. The invention also relates to animal protein-free culturing processes, wherein cells can be cultivated, propagated and passaged without adding supplementary animal proteins in the culture medium. These processes are useful in cultivating cells, such as recombinant cells or cells infected with a virus, and for producing biological products by cell culture processes.

The present invention relates to a method for modifying the glycosylation profile of a recombinant glycoprotein produced in cell culture comprising culturing eukaryotic cells expressing the recombinant glycoprotein in a cell culture medium, wherein the cell culture medium is supplemented with fucose, manganese, and taurine, wherein the glycosylation profile of the produced recombinant glycoprotein is modified to better resemble the glycosylation profile of a reference glycoprotein than when cultured without said supplementation.

The present invention relates to animal protein-free cell culture media comprising polyamines and a plant- and/or yeast-derived hydrolysate. The invention also relates to animal protein-free culturing processes, wherein cells can be cultivated, propagated and passaged without adding supplementary animal proteins in the culture medium. These processes are useful in cultivating cells, such as recombinant cells or cells infected with a virus, and for producing biological products by cell culture processes.

The present invention relates generally to glutamine-free cell culture media supplemented with asparagine. The invention further concerns the production of recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, in asparagine-supplemented glutamine-free mammalian cell culture.