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SUBMITTER: Schulz TC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511151 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stem cells translational medicine 20150610 8
The cellular component of ViaCyte's VC-01 combination product for type 1 diabetes, pancreatic endoderm cells (PEC-01) derived from CyT49 human embryonic stem cells, matures after transplantation and functions to regulate blood glucose in rodent models. The aims in manufacturing PEC-01 at scale are to generate a consistent and robust transplantable population that functions reliably and safely in vivo. ViaCyte has integrated multiple bioprocessing strategies to enable a tightly controlled PEC-01 ...[more]