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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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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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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Keratinocytes
Definition and Location Keratinocytes represent the major cell type of the epidermis, the outermost of the layers of the skin, making up about 90 percent of the cells there. They originate in the deepest layer of the epidermis, the stratum basale and move up to the final barrier layer of the skin,…
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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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Teaching the body to fight tumors using cancer immunotherapy
Selected as the 2013 “Breakthrough of the Year” by Science magazine, cancer immunotherapy shows a completely new way to treat malignancies by using the body’s own immune system, and not by targeting the tumor itself. This cutting-edge area of research and therapy has shown very promising results. However, further investigation is needed to turn immunotherapy into a cancer therapy that can be broadly applied….
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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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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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Clinically relevant cell culture tools for COVID-19 research
As the global COVID-19 pandemic evolves, researchers worldwide are working hard to study the mechanisms underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thanks to their discoveries, new insights for developing treatments, vaccines and diagnostic tools are being made possible….
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End of year deals 2022
Stock up your lab with our discounts on media and cells. Only available until December 31, 2022….
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Primary cells in respiratory research – webinar
Learn about the benefits of primary cells as model systems in respiratory research and how a 3D model at the Air-Liquid Interface can be set up and used….
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More robust and advanced Pericyte Growth Medium 2 for your lab
– Low-serum formulation for better lot-to-lot consistency
– Guaranteed average population doubling time (PDT) of less than 40 hours for the first 10 population doubles (PDs)
– Former Pericyte Growth Medium (C-28040) available to order for existing customers only until the end of 2019…
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