Consensus guidance for banking and supply of human embryonic stem cell lines for research purposes

• Authors: ANDREWS Peter W.; ARIAS-DIAZ Javard; AUERBACH Jonathan; ALVAREZ Manuel; AHRLUND-RICHTER Lars; BAKER Duncan; BENVENISTY Nissim; BEN-JOSEF Dalit; BLIN Guillaume; BORGHESE Lodovica; BORSTLAP Joeri; BRUCE Kevin; BRÜSTLE Oliver; BUCKLE Robin; CAMBY Carine; CHOO Andre; CHEN Wannshin; COLLINS Daniel; COLMAN Alan; CROMBIE Catriona; CROOK Jeremy; CYPESS Ray; DE SOUSA Paul; DHAWAN Jyotsna; DOUAY Luc; DVOŘÁK Petr; DYKE Timothy; ERIKSSON Lena; FIRPO Meri; FITZGERALD Claire; GLOVER Clive; GOKHALE Paul; GREENE Michele; HA Hye-Yeong; HAMPL Aleš; HEALY Lyn; HEI Derek; HOLM Frida; HOVATTA Outi; HUNT Charles; HWANG Shiaw-Min; INAMDAR Maneesha; ISASI Rosario; ITSKOVITZ-ELDOR Joseph; JESSIE Nancy; KIM Dong-Wook; KIRZNER Rosemarie; KIATPONGSAN Sorapop; KNOWLES Barbara; KUO Hung-Chih; LAUGHLIN Mary; LAVON Neta; LUDWIG Tenneille; LAKOV Majlinda; LEE Dong-Ryul; MACAULEY John; MCKAY Ronald; MENASCHE Phillipe; MENENDEZ Pablo; MICHALSKA Anna; MILEIKOVSKAIA Maria; MINGER Stephen; MISHRA Gyan; MOODY Jennifer; MONTGOMERY Karen; MORRIS Clive; MUMMERY Christine; NAGY Andras; NAKAMURA Yukio; NAKATSUJI Norio; NISHIKAWA Shin-Ichi; OH Steve; OH Sun Kyung; OLSON Patricia; OTONKOSKI Timo; PATOLE Milind; PARK Hyun-Sook; PEI Xuetao; PERA Martin; PUCEAT Michel; RAJALA Kristiina; REUBINOFF Benjamin; ROBINS Allan; ROOKE Heather; RUMAYOR Victor; SCOTMAN Heli; SHERLOCK Jon; SIMON Carlos; SIPP Douglas; SKINNER Rebecca; SMITH David; STACEY Glyn; STEFANOVIC Sonia; STREHL Raimund; TAFT Rrobert; TAKAHASHI Tsuneo; TALIB Sohel; TERSTEGGE Stefanie; TURNER Rodney; TUURI Timo; YU John; ZANDSTRA Peter; ZAPATA Augustin; ZENG Fanyi; ZHOU Qi; TANNENBAUM Shelly
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Stem Cell Reviews
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Genetics and molecular biology
• Keywords: Human embryonic stem cells; Cell banking; Standardisation; Microbiological testing;Pluripotency;Quality control
• Description: The work on human embryonic stem cells is being performed with a variety of cell lines using a variety of culture conditions; a situation that makes standardisation between projects and publications very difficult. Clearly the consequence of using such cells would be wasted time and resources but, more seriously, the generation of erroneous data in the literature which could both confuse and delay scientific progress in this area. This guidance document represents the outcome of the first meeting of the group named The International Stem Cell Banking Initiative held in October 2007. The document has been prepared from the perspective of hESC culture but, in many respects, is broadly applicable to all human stem cell lines including induced pluripotent stem cell lines.

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