License Agreement Has Been Entered with Kwansei Gakuin University

We have executed an exclusive license-in agreement with Kwansei Gakuin University as to their invention under a patent entitled “Method for DNA demethylation and use thereof (Inventor: SEKI Yoshiyuki)”. The invention provides a method for DNA demethylation in cells and a method for establishing high quality iPS cells by the use of PRDM14 and TET1. PRDM14 has been discovered by the inventor as a PR domain-containing transcriptional regulator which plays a crucial role in primordial germ cell development. Please contact us for its licensing.