My work involves generating iPSCs from patient cells. One aspect requires identification of the cells with the best differentiation potential. Do you think there is a way to use this technique to assist?
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Company: Bio-Techne
Job Title: Manager of Product Development for the Stem Cell and Cell Culture Department
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We believe this technique could be used in that manner. We are currently working to correlate the expression pattern of iPSCs and the robustness of their differentiation to expand the potential uses for this technique. In the meantime, we would recommend trying our Human Pluripotent Functional Identification Kit, which provides reagents and protocols to assess for tri-lineage differentiation of pluripotent stem cells in 5 days.
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