How do we choose culture medium type; DMEM,MEM,RPMI?

Hello guys;I would like to learn how we can choose medium type. for example some papers say alpha-MEM is better than DMEM for human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) and some says DMEM is better than...

31 December 2014 2,163 26 View

How do B27 and insulin affect mammospheres?

I reached your paper but it is in Chinese so I could not understand it. Could you help me to understand how B27 and insulin affect MCF-7 derived mammospheres please? Thank you

02 March 2014 3,224 1 View

Does anyone have any idea what would be the best way to mimic Extracellular Matrix for mammospheres?

For the stiffness and if it is possible also the proteins. I found one product called Matrigel (BD Bioscience) but it has fenol red.. I need something transparent. I would appreciate if any of...

01 February 2014 7,334 5 View

Cancer stem cells and nanomagnets

Could you suggest a paper that is about cancer stem cells and nanomagnets (nanocrystals..etc)?

06 July 2013 6,910 1 View

Can anyone share a basic protocol for non-adherent mammosphere ( derived MCF-7) culture?

I want to have a non-adherent mammosphere ( derived MCF-7) culture. Can anyone share a basic protocol, not with bioreactors or complicated scaffolds =) Grazie

05 June 2013 3,011 3 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View