Suspension bioreactor expansion of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 873, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-235

  Krawetz, Roman ^a   Rancourt, Derrick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cell therapy; Embryonic stem cells; Pluripotency; Rapamycin; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 84860524533     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-794-1_14     Document Type: Article

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