Microcarriers for mass cell culture Kuraray's Microcarriers Debut! Microcarriers for mass cell culture Kuraray's Microcarriers Debut!

For regenerative medicine,
there are many challenges .

  • It is hard to
    obtain enough
    number of cells.
  • It is hard to
    assure
    medical-grade
    safety
  • It is hard to
    maintain the
    potential of
    therapeutic cell

Kuraray’s microcarriers
can solve these problems!

3 reasons you choose
Kuraray’s microcarrier

1. Good cell proliferation rate

Our microcarrier can be applied
to cultivate therapeutic cells
like MSCs.

Human cells cultured on each
microcarriers for 7days.
The proliferation rate vs.
initial cell number was estimated.​

Our microcarriers have higher cell proliferation capability than competitors.

We have demonstrated 100l scale culture.

2. Quality management in accordance with medical standards

Our microcarrier made from Kuraray’s PVA(※). We conduct strict quality management. And there is no risk of contamination due to the material features.

(※)Polyvinyl Alcohol

Our microcarriers are not broken by collision during agitation. Because PVA material has excellent elasticity.

※This animation shows compression test of our microcarrier (Red arrow)

Safety test Result
Endotoxin <0.01EU/cm2
Sterilization SAL 10-6 (by gamma irradiation)
Cytotoxicity
Genotoxicity
Systemic acute toxicity
Implantation test
Negative (Tested in accordance with ISO 10993.)
Leachable
Extractable
Tested in accordance with BPOG guideline.

For more information, please contact us.​

3. Ease of handling

Our microcarrier improve efficiency of mass cell production processes. The efficient cell detachment capability reduce cell damage during cell harvesting process.
Our microcarriers also improve cost performance in whole processes.

Before
After

Only EDTA solution, without trypsin, is required to detach cells from the microcarriers.

The high transparency of our microcarriers allows us to observe cells in phase contrast microscopy.

To realize regenerative
medicine,
Kuraray’s microcarrier
is best choice!

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technical questions.