| We provide the following services to academic investigators:
• Well-characterized normal primary human cell lines: epidermal and oral keratinocytes, connective tissue fibroblasts, large vessel endothelial cells, pleural and peritoneal mesothelial cells, TERT-immortalized versions of the above and cell lines cultured from squamous cell carcinomas.
• Initiation of primary fibroblast and keratinocyte lines from biopsies of human tissue (e.g., generation of cell cultures from individuals known to carry a specific gene mutation).
• Genetic engineering of such cells using retroviral vectors.
• Cryopreservation and storage of cultures.
• Starter quantities of optimized culture medium formulations and tested serum lots for various cell types.
• Cell culture methods
• Consultation on experimental design using cultured cells.
• Growth assays and other custom culture services.
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