Advanced Cell Culture Techniques for Cancer Drug Discovery [PDF]
Biology, 2014 Human cancer cell lines are an integral part of drug discovery practices. However, modeling the complexity of cancer utilizing these cell lines on standard plastic substrata, does not accurately represent the tumor microenvironment.
Carrie J. Lovitt +2 more
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“Humanized” Stem Cell Culture Techniques: The Animal Serum Controversy [PDF]
Stem Cells International, 2011 Cellular therapy is reaching a pinnacle with an understanding of the potential of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) to regenerate damaged tissue in the body. The limited numbers of these hMSCs in currently identified sources, like bone marrow, adipose
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Biomimetic Scaffolds-A Novel Approach to Three Dimensional Cell Culture Techniques for Potential Implementation in Tissue Engineering. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Biomimetic scaffolds imitate native tissue and can take a multidimensional form. They are biocompatible and can influence cellular metabolism, making them attractive bioengineering platforms. The use of biomimetic scaffolds adds complexity to traditional
Górnicki T +14 more
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Effect of Sample Collection (Manual Expression vs. Pumping) and Skimming on the Microbial Profile of Human Milk Using Culture Techniques and Metataxonomic Analysis [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2020 Human milk microbiota is a unique bacterial community playing a relevant role in infant health, but its composition depends on different factors (woman health, lactation stage, and geographical lactation).
Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz +5 more
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Overview of Optical and Electrochemical Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Biosensors: Recent Approaches in Cells Culture Techniques. [PDF]
Biosensors (Basel), 2019 Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), which catalyzes the dephosphorylation process of proteins, nucleic acids, and small molecules, can be found in a variety of tissues (intestine, liver, bone, kidney, and placenta) of almost all living organisms. This enzyme has
Balbaied T, Moore E.
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Withania somnifera: Advances and Implementation of Molecular and Tissue Culture Techniques to Enhance Its Application. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2017 Withania somnifera, commonly known as Ashwagandha an important medicinal plant largely used in Ayurvedic and indigenous medicine for over 3,000 years. Being a medicinal plant, dried powder, crude extract as well as purified metabolies of the plant has ...
Pandey V, Ansari WA, Misra P, Atri N.
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Application of tissue culture techniques in potato
Bioscience Journal, 2018 Potato is the world's most important non-cereal food crop, and therefore, it is considered one of the major food sources for humankind. Its conventional propagation is asexual, by using the tuber, which allows the accumulation and dissemination of ...
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Comparison of two culture techniques used to detect environmental contamination with Salmonella enterica in a large-animal hospital. [PDF]
J S Afr Vet Assoc, 2015 Salmonellosis is a common healthcare-associated infection in large-animal hospitals, and surveillance for Salmonella is an integral part of comprehensive infection control programmes in populations at risk. The present study compares the effectiveness of
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Sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values of microbiological culture techniques for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2014 Background. Identifying the microorganism in a prosthetic joint infection is the key to appropriately targeting antimicrobial treatment. Despite the availability of various techniques, no single test is considered the definitive gold standard. Aim.
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Comparison of three blood culture techniques in the diagnosis of human brucellosis.
J Lab Physicians, 2014 Background: Isolation of Brucella is the gold standard in the laboratory diagnosis of brucellosis. As Brucella is intracellular and the number of circulating bacteria is usually low, removal/dilution of antibacterial substances, concentration of bacteria
Mangalgi S, Sajjan A.
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