Core Services and Research
The following services are to be provided by the Human Stem Cell Core (HSCC).
- "Hands-on" training of hES cell culture, characterization, and differentiation
- Distribution of human and mouse feeder cells, including those with various drug-selection genes and growth factors
- Provide updated and optimized and hES cell culture protocols
- Provide small stocks of normal and marked hES cells (MTA permitting)
- Teratoma and Embryonic Body (EB) formation to study the pluripotency of hES cells
- Gene transfer into hES cells
- Mycoplasma detection in ES cell and feeder culture
- Consultation on reagents and services
- Lentiviral and retroviral vectors for iPS cell induction
- Human iPS cells (an internal MTA is required)