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3D Organoid Culture: New In Vitro Models of Development and Disease
Model systems drive biological research by recapitulating body processes and functions from the molecular to whole organism level. The human body is composed of both cellular and non-cellular materia...
Keywords: Adhesion, Cancer, Cell attachment, Cell culture, Cryopreservation, Diseases, Growth factors, Infectious Diseases, Processes and Functions, Vitamins
Bile Acids
The liver excretes excess cholesterol in the form of bile acids. Bile acids serve two purposes: to remove unwanted cholesterol from the body and to aid in lipid digestion in the intestine. Bile acids...
BioFiles 2007, 2.7, 17.
Keywords: Absorption, Digestions, Transcription
Cell Culture Protocol 10: Testing Cells for Mycoplasma Contamination by Hoechst DNA Staining
DNA staining methods such as indirect Hoechst staining techniques are quick with results available within 72 hours which compares favorably with 4 weeks for mycoplasma detection by culture isolation....
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Cell culture, Culture media, Detection methods, Indicators, Polymerase chain reaction
Cell Culture Protocol 4: Subculture of Semi-Adherent Cell Lines
Some cell lines grow as a mixed population (e.g. B95-8 - marmoset) where a proportion of cells do not attach to the tissue culture flask and remain in suspension. Therefore, to maintain this heteroge...
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Cell culture, Culture media
Cell Culture Protocol 5: Subculture of Suspension Cell Lines
In general terms, cell lines derived from blood (e.g. lymphocytes) grow in suspension cultures. Cells may grow as single cells or in clumps (e.g. EBV transformed lymphoblastic cell lines). For these ...
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Cell culture, Centrifugation, Culture media, Growth factors
Counting cells using a hemocytometer - Cell Culture Protocol 6
For the majority of manipulations using cell lines, such as transfections, cell fusion techniques, cryopreservation and subculture routines it is necessary to quantify the number of cells prior to us...
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Carcinogens, Cell culture, Cryopreservation, Culture media, Flow cytometry
Cryopreservation of Cell Lines : Cell Culture Protocol 7
The protocol below describes the use of cell freezing methods involving an electric -80°C freezer for the cryopreservation of cell lines. ECACC routinely use a programmable rate-controlled freezer. T...
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Cryopreservation, Phase transitions
Human Skeletal Muscle Cells (HSkMC) Culture Protocol
*Be sure to wear face protection mask and gloves when retrieving cryovials from the liquid nitrogen storage tank. The dramatic temperature change from the tank to the room could cause any trapped liq...
Keywords: Cell culture, Sterilizations
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Reprogramming Protocols
Introduction Methods Reprogramming of Human Fibroblasts using Non-Integrating Self-Replicating RNA Vectors Reprogramming of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) using STEMCCA Lentiviral...
Keywords: Apoptosis, Cell culture, Culture media, Gene expression, Growth factors, Immunocytochemistry, Polymerase chain reaction, Respiratory, Transduction, Transfection
Protocol: Human Follicle Dermal Papilla Cells Culture
*Be sure to wear face protection mask and gloves when retrieving cryovials from the liquid nitrogen storage tank. The dramatic temperature change from the tank to the room could cause any trapped liq...
Keywords: Cell culture, Sterilizations
Rat Skeletal Muscle Cells (RSkMC) Culture Protocol
*Be sure to wear face protection mask and gloves when retrieving cryovials from the liquid nitrogen storage tank. The dramatic temperature change from the tank to the room could cause any trapped liq...
Keywords: Cell culture, Sterilizations
Subculture of Adherent Cell Lines: Cell Culture Protocol 3
Adherent cell lines will grow in vitro until they have covered the surface area available or the medium is depleted of nutrients. At this point the cell lines should be subcultured or passaged in ord...
ECACC Laboratory Handbook 4th Edition
Keywords: Adhesion, Cell culture, Culture media
Cell Culture Troubleshooting Guide
Cell culture has become one of the most fundamental techniques for modeling biological systems, and is of increasing importance in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors as well as an essential...
Keywords: Antibiotics, Apoptosis, Cell attachment, Cell culture, Cryopreservation, Filtration, Growth factors, Pharmaceutical, Phase transitions