Process, useful to prepare differentiated avian cells from avian stem cells grown in culture medium, comprises induction of stem cells differentiation by inhibiting expression/activity of gene expressed in the stem cells e.g. Nanog gene

摘要

Process for preparing differentiated avian cells from avian stem cells grown in a suitable culture medium, comprises induction of stem cell differentiation by inhibiting expression or activity of a gene expressed in the stem cells such as gene 1P06, Nanog and Eomes. Independent claims are included for: (1) a differentiated avian cells obtained by the process; (2) a process for preparing an antiviral vaccine, comprising contacting a virus with avian stem cells having undergone the process; (3) a nucleic acid molecule encoding an interferent RNA; (4) an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule placed under the control of a promoter for the expression of the interferent RNA in a host cell; and (5) an avian stem cells transformed with an expression vector.