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Mammalian Cell Encapsulation in Alginate Beads Using a Simple Stirred Vessel
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Growth of animal cells on microbeads. I. In situ estimation of numbers
S J Miller1, M Henrotte, A O Miller
1Laboratory of Molecular Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mons State University, Avenue du Champ de Mars, 24-7000, Mons, Belgium.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|October 1, 1986
Abstract:
Evaluation of the number of anchorage-dependent cells growing on the surface of microbeads kept in suspension in a bioreactor is a tedious procedure fraught with many difficulties. Using the Coulter counter as a biomass probe, this article shows that the number of cells adhering to microbeads can be determined while the cells are still attached.
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