Exten Industries (fka BB: EXTI)

[Patricia_1]

Competition? Clonetics™ Human Hepatocytes & opinions in regard to this

http://www.cambrex.com/CatNav.asp?oid=545&prodoid=Humanheps

Clonetics™ Human Hepatocytes
Human Hepatocytes are available in a variety of formats:

- Fresh suspensions

- Fresh plated on either Matrigel or Collagen

- Cryopreserved


All cells are performance tested and test negative for HIV-I, hepatitis-B & C, mycoplasma, bacteria, yeast and fungi. A certificate of analysis (CoA) and donor information is provided for each cell strain purchased
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By: jcrom56
18 Nov 2003, 07:53 AM EST
Msg. 15561 of 15572
(This msg. is a reply to 15552 by Apollyon_Y2k.)
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Apollyon_Y2k
I have a friend who used to do lab work for a pharmaceutical located near Durham NC in an area known as the "Research Triangle Park". The research was associated with Duke University and was scholastic research, not industry research. The distinction has meaning if you are familiar with medical research.
I asked her what advantage there would be to a line of cells such as provided by EXTI vs. cells provided by sources such as in your post. She did not hesitate or take any time at all to formulate an answer. She said a ready supply of cells that were identical and stable would provide much more accurate test results with little need for repeated tests and aggregate results to compensate for genetic variations. If EXTI's cell lines are stable and guaranteed identical, they would be as good as you can get.
They would provide more reliable results with far fewer tests because the test cells are always identical.