Stem Cells May Become ‘Cancer Vaccines’ to Prevent The Onset of Cancer
Recently, a new study published in Cell Stem Cell showed that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells may play as an anti-cancer vaccine. The study has shown that injection of treated iPS cells into ...
Introduction on The Heterogeneity of Tumor Cell
What is tumor heterogeneity? Tumor heterogeneity refers to the difference between genotype and phenotype of tumor cells in different parts of the same malignancy or in different parts of the same ...
The Differences among Characteristics of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Different Sources
Mesenchymal stem cells, also called MSCs, are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including osteoblasts (bone cells), chondrocytes (cartilage cells), ...
Fetal Bovine Serum – One of The Key Factors for Successful Cell Culture
There are many areas where researchers need to be aware of the process of cell culture. As one of the most basic technologies in biological research, cell culture permeates all aspects of life ...
The Cell Function Evaluation in Biofunctional Screening and evaluating
At present, Evaluations of cell-related function are divided into independent experimental techniques through existing drug development literature and information. In this post, we aim to systematize ...
Discussion on The Physiological Role of Macrophages
Brief Introduction of MacrophagesMacrophages are phagocytes found in blood, lymphoid and all mammalian tissue types. Macrophages are the most malleable cells in the hematopoietic system, which can be ...
Discussion on The Limitation and Development of Patient-derived Tumor Xenograft Model
Background for PDX models In the discovery and development of cancer drugs, new drugs must be pre-tested for various aspects of the drug in the cancer model from discovery to the preparation and then ...
The development of Patient-derived Xenograft Models for Cancer Drug Screening
PDX (patient-derived xenograft) model，which is the implantation of tumor cells or tissues from tumor patients into immunodeficient mice (nude mice) so that the tumor cells grow and expand in nude ...
Experimental Procedures for Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fluorescence in situ hybridization, as an important biological experimental technique, it features in situ and without PCR, and can be used for quantitative analysis of specific microorganisms in ...
Tips Offered on Selecting The Study Directions for Mesenchymal Stem Cells Research
Before discussing the how to select the study directions on Mesenchymal Stem Cells, we will summarize the most common patterns of mesenchymal stem cell research first, which includes Mesenchymal stem ...