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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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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Cancer stem cells in tumor biology
How do cancer stem cells develop? What is their role in tumor biology? What are current approaches to target cancer stem cells? And what are innovative solutions for working with them? Find all the answers in our blog post….
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A young scientist seeks a method to knock out fibrosis
Lab work is exciting, says Bastian Fischer. Even experiments that just yield their expected results inspire the young German scientist. Fischer is currently working on his PhD, and is investigating how fibrosis develops, so that effective therapies for this medical condition can be found.
A scar is often all that remains of a deep cut – if anything remains at all….
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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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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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Scientific Support
Supporting your research at every step Expert support can be the difference between ordinary experimental results and extraordinary ones. It can make your research faster, simpler, and more effective. We offer expert advice to help you find the right products and use them in your daily lab work, based on 30 years of experience across a huge range of research areas….
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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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Mimicking the body’s largest organ in vitro with 3D skin models
Researchers are increasingly using 3D cell cultures to study the skin’s features. Three-dimensional skin models offer the potential to study various diseases and test compounds in vitro. Dr. Florian Groeber-Becker from the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Wurzburg has developed a highly sophisticated skin model.
It is the first thing people see when they look at us….
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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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Stem cell therapy scientist: Finding inspiration outside his comfort zone
Crossing the border between medical and biomechanical research fuels the research of stem cell specialist Dr. Diego Correa. We talked to the Colombian-born stem cell scientist, a former clinician with training in mechanical engineering, about his studies with mesenchymal stem cells and their potential clinical applications in cell-based therapy. Soon Correa is going to publish what he believes will be his most important contribution to this field….
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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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