Human platelet lysate: Replacing fetal bovine serum as a gold standard for human cell propagation?

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Review article on Human Platelet Lysate as an alternative to fetal bovine serum, Biomaterials 76 (2016).

Thierry Burnouf, Dirk Strunk, Mickey B.C. Koh, Katharina Schallmoser. Review. Biomaterials 76 (2016) 371–387. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.10.065

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