The present invention relates to a
chemically defined medium for
eukaryotic cell culture, comprising water, at least one
carbon source, one or more vitamins, one or more salts, one or more fatty acids, one or more buffer components,
selenium, at least one substance of the group of Functional Inhibitors of
Acid Sphingomyelinase (FIASMAs) and at least one polypeptide of the TGF-β superfamily with the ability to inhibit
stem cell differentiation, its use in the culture of human pluripotent stem cells, a
cell culture
system comprising human pluripotent stem cells and the
chemically defined medium, as well as a kit for proliferation and / or maintenance of human pluripotent stem cells.