Although most cell culture media have similar components such as amino acids, salts, vitamins, trace metals, buffers and sugars, both the absolute and relative concentrations of nutrients can be ...

Cell culture media are formulated to provide the necessary nutrients, growth factors, and pH for cell growth. Media can be supplemented with serum, antibiotics, and other additives depending on the ...

Unfortunately for cell culture scientists, the conditions in which cells thrive (nutrient-rich media, oxygen, carbon dioxide) are also the same conditions in which many contaminants thrive. While in ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

Led by Robert Bone, PhD, assistant professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), the research team identified that a small modification to the standard stem cell ...