Category: Expansion (12)
Nucleostemin and lens regeneration
Kobe, Japan - It is known that in the newt, regeneration of differentiated cells occurs in response to various types of injury. It is also known that the gene for nucleostemin (NS) encodes a GTP-binding protein which is found in the nucleolus of stem cells and cancer cells at high concentrations. Accumulation of nucleostemin in the nucleolus of pigmented...
Replacing fetal calf serum
Mumbai, India - It is commonly known that growing almost any mammalian cell in culture requires the addition of fetal calf serum to the culture media. Unfortunately, fetal calf serum contains numerous xenogeneic proteins, which elicit various inflammatory responses when administered clinically. Accordingly, there is a big push in the industry to generate alternatives to fetal calf serum...
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