Skin is the largest organ in our body. One of the most commonly populated cells in skin fibroblasts that have...
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What’s the right number: Passaging primary cells
Primary cell cultures represent the physiological state of the tissue of origin. However, they have a finite lifespan undergo senescence...
PIPETTING: THE GAME CHANGER OF DATA REPRODUCIBILITY
One of the major concerns in any laboratory is data reproducibility and consistency. While user handling and sample variation do...
4 Factors affecting Data Reproducibility
Consistency in research experiments is hard to achieve. There are several factors that can affect data reproducibility. Publishing data in...
Mycoplasma- The Uninvited Invader of the culture lab!
Mycoplasma is a serious threat to cell biologists as it can interfere with cell metabolism and affect cell viability. Once...
HUVECs- Your Right Choice for Vascular Research
Human Umbilical cord-derived endothelial cells have been a major source of primary endothelial cells isolated from the veins of umbilical...
HOW TO MAKE A HAPPY HOME FOR YOUR CELLS?
While cell culture lab cleaning and biosafety hood sterilization is prioritized, CO2 incubators are often neglected as part of the...
Stem Cells: Can Fat make you healthier?
Human Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used for several therapeutic applications. Apart from inheriting several functional properties like immunomodulation,...
Quality control: The neglected side of cell culture
Did you ever have to repeat an entire culture experiment because of microbial contamination? This is a fairly common issue...
A Cell Biologist’s Guide to Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation is the process of freezing biological entity at ultra-low temperatures (-196oc) while preserving the structural and functional integrity of...
Blood Stem Cell Subset Therapeutically
In a paper published in the July 31 issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...
Transforming in vitro models with the next generation biological models
In this ever-evolving world, where bugs and superbugs, show resistance to the ongoing medicines, and incidences of new diseases, there...