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A Fully-Closed and Automated Hollow Fiber Bioreactor for Clinical-Grade Manufacturing of Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells

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This work was supported by FAPESP (2012/23228-4), CTC- Center for Cell-based Therapies (FAPESP 2013/08135-2) and National Institute of Science and Technology in Stem Cell and Cell Therapy (CNPq 573754-2008-0 and FAPESP 2008/578773). The authors acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, through iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences under the project UID/BIO/04565/ 2013 and Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa 2020 (project no. 007317) and grant SFRH/BD/90081/2012 (awarded to FM). We also acknowledge the funding received from Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa 2020 through the project PRECISE - Accelerating progress toward the new era of precision medicine (Project N. 16394).

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Mizukami, A., de Abreu Neto, M.S., Moreira, F. et al. A Fully-Closed and Automated Hollow Fiber Bioreactor for Clinical-Grade Manufacturing of Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 14, 141–143 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-017-9787-4

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