Culture systems for pluripotent stem cells

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-27

  Ulloa Montoya, Fernando ^a   Verfaillie, Catherine M ^b   Hu, Wei Shou ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem cell; Bioreactor; Embryonic stem cell; Pluripotent

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; CELL CULTIVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 27644540670     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.100.12     Document Type: Article

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