SCREENING ASSAYS FOR IDENTIFYING DIFFERENTIATION-INDUCING AGENTS AND PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS FOR CELL THERAPY

摘要

The invention relates to assays for screening growth factors, adhesion molecules, immunostimulatory molecules, extracellular matrix components and other materials, alone or in combination, simultaneously or temporally, for the ability to induce directed differentiation of pluripotent and multipotent stem cells.