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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March
28, 2003
Available
from INTEGRA Biosciences, specialists in cell cultivation equipment,
the CELLine cultivation system offers significant benefits to laboratories
involved with cell growth and antibody production.
Technological
advance aids cell growth & antibody production ...
Available
from INTEGRA Biosciences, specialists in cell cultivation equipment,
the CELLine cultivation system offers significant benefits to laboratories
involved with cell growth and antibody production.
Designed
for ease-of-use the CELLine utilises proprietary membrane technology
to separate off the cell cultivation chamber with an upper semi-permeable
membrane through which nutrient can diffuse and a lower one that
allows gases to diffuse. Separate ports allow selective access to
the upper nutrient supply chamber and the central cultivation chamber.
This novel compartmentalised arrangement means that medium can be
exchanged without influencing the function or growth of the cells
and gases. Consequently, traditional cell growth limitations brought
about by a lack of nutrients or the accumulation of metabolic waste
can be overcome just as easily as Oxygen deficiency. Such optimised
conditions promote significant cell growth and lead to drastically
increased cell densities even to the extent of 3-dimensional cell
growth.
CELLine
with its novel membrane technology enables higher cell concentrations
to be used in the cultivation chamber, highly concentrated cell
products to be obtained and physiologically optimised cell cultivation
conditions to be achieved. Compared to traditional bioreactors or
tissue culture flasks stacked in incubators the CELLine significantly
reduces material use, working costs & the time taken to harvest
high concentrations of cells or antibodies. The result is a typical
cost reduction of 40%.
The
transparent design of the system enables visual control and microscopic
observation of the growth process. Available in a choice of models
the INTEGRA CELLine offers cultivation volums of 0.75 to 15 ml making
the system suitable for both research and pilot plant cell cultivation
processes.
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