Product Storage
Shipping Conditions: Dry Ice or LN2
Storage Conditions: LN2 Storage
Upon receipt, immediately transfer each cryovial into the vapor phase of a liquid nitrogen storage dewar. Cryopreserved human Hepatic Stellate cells are viable for at least 2 years when stored under these conditions.
Quality Control Testing
Donor demographics include:
Age, sex, race, diabetic status, smoking history, alcohol use, and any co-morbidity.
Serology results include (positive or negative):
CMV, EBV HBV, HCV, HIV-1, HIV-2. Potentially HLTV-1 and HLTV-2 (if performed).
Culture results include (positive or negative):
Gram +, Gram -, Mycoplasm and Fungi
Application
Novabiosis primary human stellates can be used in co-cultures, 3D cultures, for testing toxicity, drug metabolism, drug screening, cell-cell signaling, and fibrogenesis formation, among other uses.
THESE PRODUCTS ARE FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY and NOT approved for use in humans or clinical diagnostic testing.