Abstract:
A medium which comprises a fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and a sulfated compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a concentration which promotes the growth of a stem cell in the presence of FGF, is useful for culturing stem cells.
Abstract:
Media which are substantially free of one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of L-glutamine, L-asparagine, and L-aspartic acid are useful for producing a neural stem cell and/or a neural progenitor cell with promoted neuronal differentiation potency.
Abstract:
Mesenchymal stem cells may be efficiently obtained from a biological cell sample containing mesenchymal stem cells by: (1) culturing the biological cell sample containing mesenchymal stem cells in a serum-free medium in the presence of vitronectin or a partial peptide thereof capable of adhering mesenchymal stem cells, and (2) collecting a cell aggregate of the mesenchymal stem cells.
Abstract:
Cultivating a pluripotent stem cell in a medium comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethanolamine, an ethanolamine analog, and a s pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and which is substantially free of β-mercaptoethanol or contains β-mercaptoethanol at a concentration of not more than 9 μM, and the like, is effective for the proliferation of a pluripotent stem cell while maintaining an undifferentiated state.