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By: exticat
10 Oct 2003, 12:30 PM EDT
Msg. 6469 of 17261
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Alan,
Nice overview. I would suggest expanding and refining your cell definition, however, as this is what Exten's short term success is depending upon. Immortalization, in and of itself, does not indicate that a given cell is "fully-functional." But as we know, MCT's cells have been proven to be, through testing by two major Pharmas.
There are six aspects to MCT's Fa2N-4 cells, the combination of which set them apart from all other liver cell manufacturers and suppliers; "THE GOLD STANDARD"
They are:
1) human (as opposed to porcine)
2) nontumorigenic (non-cancerous, as opposed to other's cancerous human cell lines)
3) immortilized (The ability of a genetically engineered cell line to reproduce indefinitely)
4) fully-functional (as discovered by Pfizer & now, Roche, & as opposed to others, which aren't)
5) readily available (as opposed to porcine, rat or human liver "slices")
6) cost-effective (as opposed to porcine, rat or human liver "slices")
Another important thing to consider is that MCT's proprietary cell culture media is a critical component of these cell's immortilization and viability. And don't forget, that XenoTech will be offering this proprietary culture media in their new MultiCell product launch. Just another revenue source that some of us here may have overlooked.
You are providing a great service to all the newbies here. Good Job!
Hope this helped,
EXTIcat^$^
AI
