Cell Culture Medium Formulation and Its Implications in Cancer Metabolism.

Trends Cancer

Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK. Electronic address:

Published: June 2019

Historic cell culture media were designed to ensure continuous cancer cell proliferation in vitro. However, their composition does not recapitulate the nutritional environment of the tumor. Recent studies show that novel media formulations alleviate the nonphysiological constraints imposed by historic media, and lead to cell culture results that are more relevant to tumor metabolism.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557711PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2019.05.004DOI Listing

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