Lifeline Cell Technology

The Role Blood Cells Play in the Body’s Subsystems The immune system is comprised of the innate and adaptive immunity, which are responsible for protecting the body from foreign pathogens like viruses and bacteria. Leukocytes or white blood cells are the main effectors of the immune system with key cell types playing specific roles in…

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) are a widely used source of primary endothelial cells. First isolated in the 1970s, HUVECs are a popular tool for researchers due to their availability and ease of culture for in vitro studies of the vasculature and angiogenesis. The endothelium is the thin layer of endothelial cells that lines…

The ability to culture cells in vitro has provided scientists with insight into many tissue and organ systems in the human body. In order to obtain high quality, reliable results, it is imperative that experiments are conducted using high-quality cell culture reagents. Of critical importance is the quality of cell culture media to ensure the…

Prostate cancer is one of the leading indications affecting men today, with an estimated 1 in 9 men diagnosed in their lifetime. Significant effort is being put behind understanding the biology of the male prostate and studying the mechanisms that drive tumorigenesis in hopes of finding ways to mitigate cancer progression or to identify potential…