Stem Cell Research (Mar 2016)

Derivation of the human embryonic stem cell line RCe012-A (RC-8)

  • P.A. De Sousa,
  • B.J. Tye,
  • K. Bruce,
  • P. Dand,
  • G. Russell,
  • D.M. Collins,
  • A. Greenshields,
  • H. Bradburn,
  • J.M. Downie,
  • M. Bateman,
  • A. Courtney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2016.02.033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 2
pp. 489 – 492

Abstract

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The human embryonic stem cell line RCe012-A (RC-8) was derived from a frozen and thawed day 5 embryo cultivated to the blastocyst stage. The embryo was voluntarily donated as unsuitable and surplus to fertility requirements following ethics committee approved informed consent under licence from the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. The cell line shows normal pluripotency marker expression and differentiation to the three germ layers in vitro. It has a normal 46XX female karyotype and microsatellite PCR identity, HLA and blood group typing data is available.