Cell-in-a-Box™ helps solve the perennial problem of cell damage in bioreactors.
Bioproducts – some medicines & drugs and industrial biomolecules such as antibodies, therapeutic proteins and enzymes – are made from cells in fermenters or bioreactors. In some cases the cells themselves are the product e.g. stem cells; in others they are the next step in the production process.
Ideally, the cells are able to perform their desired function with a 100 percent rate of success. However, the design of the systems means that the cells are often damaged by, for example, stirrers, agitators or aerators. Such stresses can cause the cells to have inhibited growth and/or biomolecule production and this in turn limits the types of cells that can be used and the types of products that can be made.
Cell-in-a-Box™ technology protects the cells from such damage or stress and allows the cells to grow and be productive. This both widens the scope dramatically for bioproduction from cells and allows cell types that are too fragile for conventional bioreactors to be used.
Some potential applications for Cell-in-a-Box™ technology
- Bioreactors
- Feeder cells
