Thawing of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) for hPSC cultures
By Hanqin Li, PhD, Steven Poser, PhD, Oriol Busquets Figueras, PhD, Frank Soldner, MD, Dirk Hockemeyer, PhD
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This protocol describes the thawing of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) as feeder cells for human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) culture.
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10.17504/protocols.io.b4n4qvgw
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- hiPSCs (Human induced pluripotent stem cells)
- hPSCs (Human pluripotent stem cells)
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