A human plasma derived supplement preserves function of human vascular cells in absence of fetal bovine serum

Current techniques for cell culture routinely use animal-derived components. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is the most widely applied supplement, but it often displays significant batch-to-batch variations and is generally not suitable for clinical applications in humans. A robust and xeno-free alternati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Castells-Sala, C., Martorell, J., Balcells-Camps, Mercedes
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biomed Central Ltd. 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111008