News about the Filter Harvest System, a device used to harvest cells from a broad range of biological samples such as peripheral blood, bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, is being reported by its manufacturer, the Pall Corporation:
A new, transformative filtration-based technology for the isolation and enrichment of cells, a critical first step in the development of therapies to repair or replace diseased or damaged tissues and organs, was found to be more efficient and faster than traditional technology used for cell separation. These findings were presented today [May 4, 2006 -ed.] at the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) annual meeting in Berlin, Germany…
The Pall Filter Harvest System was found to significantly reduce processing time; it can be performed in less than 15 minutes compared to an average processing time of about 2.5 to 4 hours with the Ficoll gradient technique. The Filter Harvest System also exhibited higher yield of MNCs for significantly better recovery (60 to 95 percent) than the Ficoll method.
The company has an informative website about its filter technology and products for somatic cell therapies in such areas as stem cell transplantation , adoptive immunotherapies, and regenerative medicine: check it out here (includes details about the system above.)
The press release…
