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COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING MEGAKARYOCYTES

Inventor THON, Jonathan, etc.
Assignee PLATELET BIOGENESIS, INC.
Title of Invention COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING MEGAKARYOCYTES
Abstract

Provided is a method for megakaryocyte production, comprising steps of (i) expanding pluripotent stem cells under low adherent or non-adherent conditions and under agitation wherein expanded pluripotent stem cells form self-aggregating spheroids, (ii) differentiating the pluripotent cells in a first culture medium into hemogenic endothelial cells, and (iii) differentiating the hemogenic endothelial cells in a second culture medium into megakaryocytic progenitors.