Neural Stem Cells
Neural stem cells have been identified in nearly all regions of the developing mouse, rat and human central nervous system (CNS) and in specialized neurogenic regions of the mature CNS.The identification of CNS-resident NSCs and the discovery that adult somatic cells from mouse and human can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent state, and then directed to differentiate into neural cell types, has opened the door to new therapeutic avenues aimed at replacing lost or damaged CNS cells.
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Neural Stem Cell Culture Systems - Neurosphere vs. Adherent Monolayer Culture
This webinar provides an overview of the neurosphere and adherent monolayer methods to culture neural stem and progenitor cells. Technical aspects and details associated with performing each of the culture methods are discussed. In addition, data comparing the two methods is presented.
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How to Cryopreserve NeurospheresBank neural stem and progenitor cells from patient samples or fresh animal tissue for downstream experiments on self-renewal, differentiation potential, or pathology -
How to Detect and Isolate Normal and Cancer Stem Cells Based on ALDH Activity with ALDEFLUORâ„¢An innovative, antibody-free system to rapidly identify stem and progenitor cells of several tissue types, including a variety of cancer stem cells -
NeuroCultâ„¢ Proliferation MediaLearn about standardized, serum-free NeuroCultâ„¢ Proliferation Media for expansion of NSPCs in neurosphere and adherent monolayer cultures -
How to Generate Neural Progenitor Cells from hPSCs Using STEMdiffâ„¢ Neural Induction MediumSTEMdiffâ„¢ Neural Induction Medium is a defined, serum-free and highly efficient medium for the differentiation of hESCs & iPSCs to NPCs -
Neural Induction of hPSCs Using the Monolayer MethodSTEMdiffâ„¢ Neural Induction Media (NIM) is a serum-free, defined medium optimized for embryoid body formation from hPSCs -
Workflows for Culturing Primary-Derived Neural Stem and Progenitor CellsNeuroCultâ„¢, developed to support the proliferation of NSCs in neurosphere suspension cultures, is also fully compatible with adherent culture systems
