Lifeline Cell Technology

Cancer Biology: Learnings from Transcriptomics Analysis Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, or HUVECs as they are more commonly known, are widely utilized as an in vitro model system for studying physiological and pathological processes of the vascular system. Endothelial cells line the inside of blood vessels and have a central role in angiogenesis, the formation…

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent adult stem cells that give rise to cells of the skeletal system including cartilage (chondrocytes), bone (osteoblasts), and fat cells (adipocytes). MSCs play an important role in tissue repair, growth, wound healing and as such, they are of great potential in regenerative medicine applications such as bone/cartilage repair, treatment…

Robust 3D Models are Important Research Tools Two-dimensional (2D) cell culture is the backbone of many research programs for a number of reasons – they are historically well-established, simple and a relatively inexpensive way to culture a variety of cell types. However, because cells in these systems are grown on flat, planar surfaces, they fail…

In keeping with the theme of last week’s blog on the development of a high throughput preclinical airway model for testing anti-viral therapeutics against influenza and coronaviruses, we will be summarizing the final COVID-19 focus seminar published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This seminar entitled Coronavirus and Cardiometabolic Syndrome outlines epidemiological/mechanistic…