APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFICATION OF BLOOD STEM CELL NUMBERS

摘要

The present invention provides methods of culturing and preserving undifferentiated hematopoietic cells to expaned the hematopoietic stem cell numbers. The undifferentiated hematopoietic cells could be modified to comprise a therapeutic protein. The hematopoietic stem cells are used in numerous therapeutic procedures. Further, a cell culture comprising a substantially pure population of cultured undifferentiated hematopoietic stem cells, wherein at least a four-fold increase in the cultured undifferentiated hematopoietic stem cells, and the cells are suitable for transplantation into a mammal, and a kit comprising the cell culture is disclosed.