Patent ID: 9139814
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N

Abstract:
1. A culture medium for a cell of a myogenic lineage, said culture medium comprising: a basal medium; a growth factor that is at least one of a fibroblast growth factor (FGF), an epidermal growth factor (EGF) and an insulin-like growth factor (IGF), wherein the growth factor has a concentration in the culture medium that is between about 1 ng/mL and about 100 ng/mL; and an interleukin that is at least one of IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-18 and IL-33, wherein the interleukin has a concentration in the culture medium that is between about 0.1 ng/mL and about 100 ng/mL; wherein the culture medium is free of serum and allows proliferation of the cell of the myogenic lineage at a similar rate of proliferation to the rate of proliferation of another cell of the myogenic lineage that is cultured in a standard medium containing serum.