AlloSource (Centennial, Colo.), a central U.S. provider of allograft providers, has founded a separate nonprofit known as Essent Biologics to provide human-derived biomaterials for research. Essent has recently launched a human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) offering for a range of research applications.
“The mission for the nonprofit is to maximize that gift of donation,” said Derek Mathers, head of business development at Essent Biologics.
Each vial of hMSCs contains more than one million cells after thawing. They have a passage level of P0 or P1 to ensure potency.
The company offers stem cells produced under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and in accordance with International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) guidelines.
The company’s scientists have discovered a method for isolating cells and scaffold materials from tissue donation. The resulting cells are the first human-derived cell product that doesn’t use animal pro…