Establishment of porcine expanded potential stem cells and their use for human disease modelling

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Project Title
Establishment of porcine expanded potential stem cells and their use for human disease modelling
Principal Investigator
Professor Liu, Pengtao   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Tse Hung Fat   (Co-Investigator)
Professor Niemann Heiner   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
24
Start Date
2020-01-01
Completion Date
2021-12-31
Amount
1116019
Conference Title
Establishment of porcine expanded potential stem cells and their use for human disease modelling
Presentation Title
Keywords
cardiovascular disease, embryos, expanded potential stem cells, haploid, pluripotency
Discipline
Developmental Biology,Regenerative Medicine
Panel
Biology and Medicine (M)
HKU Project Code
17127219
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2019
Status
Completed
Objectives
10 Molecular and functional characterisation of pig EPSCs and establishment of their molecular identity; 2) Derivation and characterisation of pig haploid EPSCs; 3) Using pig EPSCs to study normal development and human disease