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  • Tools to Optimize Cell Culture Conditions

    Cell-Line Optimization Comes of Age

    Thursday, May 02, 2013
    For well-studied cell lines, culture conditions are generally well established, and lines obtained from cell banks usually come with protocols for ... read more
  • Best Practices for Establishing and Maintaining Mammalian Cell Culture

    Best Practices for Mammalian Cell Culture

    Thursday, March 21, 2013
    Mammalian cell cultures are increasingly valuable in drug development, for which the pharma industry is turning to cell-based assays for drug-safety ... read more
  • Research Tools for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture

    Research Tools for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture

    Tuesday, September 18, 2012
    In three-dimensional (3D) cell culture, cells are grown in environs constructed to better resemble their original in vivo homes. Increasing evidence ... read more
  • Choosing the Right Stem Cell Media

    Choosing the Right Stem Cell Media

    Tuesday, August 07, 2012
    Key considerations in selecting the appropriate stem cell media include your intended application with the stem cells, the media components your cells... read more
  • Embryonic Stem Cell Culture

    Embryonic Stem Cell Culture

    Wednesday, December 14, 2011
    In early December 2011, stem cell researchers in the UK celebrated a major achievement as the first ‘clinical grade’ human embryonic stem cell lines ... read more
  • Selecting The Right Tubes or Plates for Your Research

    Selecting The Right Tubes or Plates for Your Research

    Wednesday, November 09, 2011
    Many researchers don’t give the plastic labware they use a second thought. But not all plasticware is created equal. How do you go about selecting the... read more
  • 3D Cell Culture

    3D Cell Culture

    Monday, May 23, 2011
    Perhaps no aspect of life in a modern molecular biology lab is more ubiquitous – or more important -- than cell culture. Cell culture is at the heart ... read more
  • Mycoplasma Detection Kits

    Mycoplasma Detection Kits

    Wednesday, February 09, 2011
    It's 5pm; do you know how clean your eukaryotic cell cultures are? They may not be as pristine as you think. Your culture dishes could be infected ... read more
  • Cell Invasion and Adhesion

    Cell Invasion and Adhesion

    Monday, September 13, 2010
    One of the most complicating factors in cancer research is elucidating how the cells interact with the extracellular materials surrounding them, and ... read more
  • Cell Lines: Immortality and Links to Human Disease Therapeutics

    Cell Lines: Immortality and Links to Human Disease Therapeutics

    Monday, August 23, 2010
    It used to be – back in the days of early cell culture, when things were simpler – that there were cell lines (that had to be tended to and passaged),... read more
  • Incubators

    Incubators

    Monday, June 21, 2010
    Because of increases in stem cell research, the market for CO2 incubators has become more interesting—and more discerning. Users are demanding ... read more
  • Cell Culture Media & Consumables

    Cell Culture Media & Consumables

    Wednesday, March 03, 2010
    The landscape of cell culture looks much more vibrant these days. Gone is the bland horizon of a few traditional formulations. Now that scene most ... read more
  • Mycoplasma Detection

    Mycoplasma Detection

    Monday, December 14, 2009
    Don't look now – actually, do! – but something may be lurking in your cell culture. Microscopically invisible, impervious to most common antibiotics, ... read more
  • Cell Culture Consumables

    Cell Culture Consumables

    Friday, December 04, 2009
    The use of cell culture in clinical drug development is increasing rapidly due to the advancement of high content analysis techniques and increased ... read more
  • Primary Cells: More Varieties, More Quality

    Primary Cells: More Varieties, More Quality

    Monday, August 31, 2009
    Need more physiological relevance in your work? Cell lines giving you inexplicable results? Moving to primary cell cultures could help – and it’s not ... read more
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