METHODS FOR THE EX-VIVO REPLICATION AND STABLE GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN STEM CELLS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for the manufacture of a medicament for gene therapy, to human bone marrow compositions obtained by said methods, and to uses of said compositions for the manufacture of medicaments. The method of the present invention is characterized by a specific replacement rate of the culture medium for obtaining ex vivo human stem cell division, and by the fact that said ex vivo human stem cells are genetically transformed for the purpose of said gene therapy. The replacement rate may be a rate of 50 to 100% daily replacement for a cell density of from 1x10 4 to 1x10 7 cells per ml of culture under physiologically acceptable conditions for the cells.