Introduction A perfusion-based process was developed to increase the split ratio during the scale-up of CHO-STM cell cultures. Fedbatch cultures were inoculated with cells propagated in either batch or perfusion cultures. All cultures were grown in disposable CellbagTM bioreactors using the WAVE Bioreactor system. Cell concentrations of 4.8 × 10 cells/mL were achieved in the perfusion culture, ...

Tissue engineering is an attractive approach to heal bony defects. However, three-dimensional cell-scaffold constructs display uneven oxygen supply resulting in inhomogeneous tissue quality. We assessed different strategies to improve oxygen supply in vitro. Scaffolds with differing inner surface were seeded with preosteoblastic cells and cultivated either statically or in perfusion bioreactors...

About 3,000 individuals in the United States are awaiting a donor heart; worldwide, 22 million individuals are living with heart failure. A bioartificial heart is a theoretical alternative to transplantation or mechanical left ventricular support. Generating a bioartificial heart requires engineering of cardiac architecture, appropriate cellular constituents and pump function. We decellularized...

Introduction: Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hADSCs) are easily accessible in the body, and under appropriate conditions, they can be directed toward various phenotypes. Therefore, hADSCs have been considered as a potential cell source for tissue engineering applications. hADSCs are able to differentiate into endothelial cells which covers the interior surface of vessels, in vi...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether the function of the CL-1 hepatocytes, co-cultured with human hepatic stellate cells (HSC) on microcarriers was better than that cultured without HSC. METHODS CL-1 hepatocytes were divided into 2 groups. The co-culture group was cultured with HSC in DMEM culture medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum, and HSC were not added in single-culture group. The cytomorpho...

The environment created on Earth within a clinostat or Rotating Wall Vessel (RWV) bioreactor is often referred to as "simulated microgravity". Both devices utilize constant reorientation to effectively nullify cumulative sedimentation of particles. Neither, however, can fully reproduce the concurrent lack of structural deformation, displacement of intercellular components and/or reduced mass tr...