Microcarrier, the Glossary
A microcarrier is a support matrix that allows for the growth of adherent cells in bioreactors.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Acrylamide, Adherent culture, Alginic acid, Bioreactor, Cell therapy, Cellulose, Chitin, Collagen, Confluence, Copolymer, Dextran, Drag (physics), Drug metabolism, Friction, Functional group, GE HealthCare, Gelatin, Good manufacturing practice, Hollow fiber membrane, Neuron, Neuroscience, Peptide, Polystyrene, Pressure gradient, Relative density, Shear stress, Subculture (biology), Suspension polymerization.
Acrylamide
Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2.
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Adherent culture
Adherent cell cultures are a type of cell culture that requires cells to be attached to a surface in order for growth to occur.
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Alginic acid
Alginic acid, also called algin, is a naturally occurring, edible polysaccharide found in brown algae.
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Bioreactor
A bioreactor is any manufactured device or system that supports a biologically active environment. Microcarrier and bioreactor are Biotechnology.
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Cell therapy
Cell therapy (also called cellular therapy, cell transplantation, or cytotherapy) is a therapy in which viable cells are injected, grafted or implanted into a patient in order to effectuate a medicinal effect, for example, by transplanting T-cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity in the course of immunotherapy, or grafting stem cells to regenerate diseased tissues. Microcarrier and cell therapy are Biotechnology.
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Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.
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Chitin
Chitin (C8H13O5N)n is a long-chain polymer of ''N''-acetylglucosamine, an amide derivative of glucose.
Collagen
Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of a body's various connective tissues.
Confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.
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Copolymer
In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.
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Dextran is a complex branched glucan (polysaccharide derived from the condensation of glucose), originally derived from wine.
Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Drug metabolism is the metabolic breakdown of drugs by living organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems.
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Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Functional group
In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.
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GE HealthCare
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational medical technology company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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Gelatin
Gelatin or gelatine is a translucent, colorless, flavorless food ingredient, commonly derived from collagen taken from animal body parts.
Good manufacturing practice
Current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) are those conforming to the guidelines recommended by relevant agencies.
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Hollow fiber membrane
Hollow fiber membranes (HFMs) are a class of artificial membranes containing a semi-permeable barrier in the form of a hollow fiber.
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Neuron
A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.
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Peptide
Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
Polystyrene
Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.
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Pressure gradient
In hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, the pressure gradient (typically of air but more generally of any fluid) is a physical quantity that describes in which direction and at what rate the pressure increases the most rapidly around a particular location.
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Relative density
Relative density, also called specific gravity, is a dimensionless quantity defined as the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material.
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Shear stress
Shear stress (often denoted by, Greek: tau) is the component of stress coplanar with a material cross section.
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Subculture (biology)
In biology, a subculture is either a new cell culture or a microbiological culture made by transferring some or all cells from a previous culture to fresh growth medium.
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Suspension polymerization
In polymer chemistry, suspension polymerization is a heterogeneous radical polymerization process that uses mechanical agitation to mix a monomer or mixture of monomers in a liquid phase, such as water, while the monomers polymerize, forming spheres of polymer.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcarrier
Also known as Microcarriers.