Mycoplasma contamination – small organisms cause big trouble
An invisible enemy that reduces the growth rate of your cell lines, mycoplasma threaten your hard work and scientific data. Every fourth cell culture could be affected. But there is hope. Our expert, Dr. Tobi Limke, explains how you can prevent mycoplasma contamination, and she outlines ways to deal with bacteria once they have infiltrated your plates and flasks….
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Mycoplasma Contamination in Cell Culture
Mycoplasma is the nightmare of every scientist working with Cell Culture. Mycoplasma contamination is threatening academic labs to biopharmaceutical production facilities. Dr. Rüdiger Arnold explains why best practice in detection, elimination and avoiding mycoplasma are necessary for your cell culture….
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Trouble With Your Primary Cells? Treat Them Nicely!
What seems basic to cell culturing is pure stress for primary cells: thawing, subcultivation and freezing. Even seasoned scientists tend to overlook this aspect, and manipulate their cultures less carefully than they should. Unhealthy, or even dead cells are the sad consequence. Here, you can benefit from an expert’s tips in handling primary cells,…
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EV cancer treatment cell media: Importance and challenges
Since the birth of extracellular vesicle (EV) cancer treatment, EVs have provided invaluable biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and stable drug vehicles for treatment delivery. Correct isolation and suitable cell culture growth media are indispensable in producing effective, non-toxic EV cancer treatments….
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Antibiotics in Cell Culture: Friend or Enemy?
Antibiotics are routinely used in cell cultures to prevent bacterial infections. But there are side effects: Studies show that they impair cell growth and differentiation. With good laboratory practice, the use of antibiotics is unnecessary.
A cell culture is a world of its own. The culture dish contains nutrients within the media that cells need to thrive and prosper….
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15 cell culture facts: Things about cell culture you might not know
As a researcher working in cell culture, you must have a deep understanding of your specific research area. However, scientific knowledge is advancing rapidly. Therefore, keeping up with all the developments in cell-based research can be challenging. In this article, we present 15 facts about cell culture that can add to your knowledge….
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PromoCell receive Germany’s TOP JOB award yet again
We couldn’t be prouder of our staff, who make PromoCell such a great place to work….
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Primary Cancer Cells: A Culture System Opens the Door to Individualized Therapy
Self-destruction of the body: Cancer turns normal body cells into their malignant counterpart that wants to keep on replicating by any means. Understanding the individual disease offers the potential for more effective therapies with fewer side effects. The new PromoCell Primary Cancer Culture System allows researchers to generate high-fidelity in vitro models of primary tumors….
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Mesenchymal stem cells: why optimizing manufacturing processes is key for a successful application
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the up-and-coming stars of cell therapy. They are able to differentiate, are very adaptable and can reduce inflammation, making them ideal for regenerative medicine approaches. But the demand for MSCs is far greater than supply. Pharmaceutical companies are racing to produce commercial-scale quantities of MSCs while guaranteeing quality standards….
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Improve the reproducibility of your research with standardized primary cell culture techniques
This webinar provides expert’s tips and tricks in successfully handling human primary cells and learn how to standardize primary cell culture techniques….
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Optimizing cryopreservation: Serum-free cell freezing medium
Cryopreservation is an integral part of biomedical research and clinical applications. However, maintaining cell viability and function during freezing and thawing can be challenging. Serum-free cryopreservation media formulations are advanced solutions that can be used instead of serum-containing freezing media to maintain cell function while ensuring reproducibility and standardization — read on to learn why….
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Endothelial Cells
Definition Endothelial cells form the barrier between vessels and tissues (Aman et al., 2016). They control the flow of substances and fluid into and out of a tissue. An impaired function can lead to serious health issues throughout the body. Endothelial cells line blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, they are found exclusively in vascularized tissue (Bautch and Caron,…
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