Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal – Via microinjection of a nucleus into an embryo – egg cell – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-10
2007-04-10
Shukla, Ram R. (Department: 1632)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
Via microinjection of a nucleus into an embryo, egg cell, or...
C435S375000, C435S377000, C600S034000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10181387
ABSTRACT:
A method of assessing the viability of a cell comprises incubating the cell in a culture medium. The culture medium includes a plurality of amino acids and the change in concentration in the medium of at least one amino acid is determined.
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Houghton Francesca Dawn
Humpherson Peter Gordon
Leese Henry John
Montanari David A.
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec P.A.
Shukla Ram R.
The University of York
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