Development of scalable culture systems for human embryonic stem cells

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-384

  Azarin, Samira M ^a,b   Palecek, Sean P ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b WiCell Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Culture scale up; Human embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR CULTURES; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MAMMALIAN CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SCALE-UP; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; MAMMALS;

STEM CELLS;

BIOREACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; KARYOTYPE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 75349085710     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.10.020     Document Type: Review

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