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Protocol optimization has successfully reduced or eliminated fetal bovine serum (FBS) in line with GCCP recommendations.
“Protocol optimization has successfully reduced or eliminated fetal bovine serum (FBS) in line with Good Cell Culture Practice (GCCP) recommendations (Coecke et al., 2005; Eskes et al., 2017; Pamies et al., 2017; Pamies et al., 2018; Tigges et al., 2021; Pamies et al., 2022)”
From Challenges and solutions in transitioning to animal-free standards: a comprehensive analysis of components in human cell-based developmental neurotoxicity assays (2026) · cites this paper as Pamies et al., 2017
The 'Cell purity, stability and functional integrity' section (page unavailable) reports a shift from serum-containing media toward serum-free and chemically defined media, consistent with reducing or eliminating FBS. The 'Medium conditions' section (page unavailable) says serum is still used in some stem-cell differentiation protocols. Neither passage establishes that protocol optimization successfully achieved the reduction or elimination claimed. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredComprehensive training for research groups within a multinational project consortium is of significant value to increase robustness and reproducibility of methods and to strictly adhere to agreed protocols or SOPs to facilitate/enable comparisons of research findings within the consortium.
“Specifically, comprehensive training for research groups within a multinational project consortium is of significant value to increase robustness and reproducibility of methods and to strictly adhere to agreed protocols or SOPs to facilitate/enable comparisons of research findings within the consortium (Pamies et al., 2017).”
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GCCP 2.0 is trying to complement these for stem cell-derived models and microphysiological systems (MPS).
“GCCP 2.0 is trying to complement these for stem cell-derived models and microphysiological systems (MPS).”
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