Allsop, Ryan N.
Boeren, Jeffrey
Tan, Beatrice F. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-7474
Merzouk, Sarra
Poovanthingal, Suresh
van IJcken, Wilfred F. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0421-8301
Demmers, Jeroen A. A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8757-9611
Mira Bontenbal, Hegias https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-7274
Gontan, Cristina
Gribnau, Joost https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-4691
Pasque, Vincent https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-0146
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (G0C9320N, G0B4420N, 11L0724N, G0I7822N)
KU Leuven (C14/21/119)
ZonMw (40008129815046)
Article History
Received: 10 March 2025
Accepted: 11 September 2025
First Online: 30 September 2025
Competing interests
: KU Leuven in Belgium has filed an international patent application (PCT/EP2023/073949) for methods to create ExM cells from naive human PSCs. V.P. is one of the inventors of this patent, together with Amitesh Panda, Thi Xuan Ai Pham, and Bradley Balaton. The patent is currently pending. The patent does not cover a specific aspect of this manuscript. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.