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Cell Production Facility
Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM)


Stanton L. Gerson, MD , Facility Director

Contact:
Jane Reese, PhD Telephone number 216-368-1193 Email jane.reese@case.edu

Serves:

Case Western Reserve University research community

Overview

The Cell Production Facility provides 6 Class 10000 clean rooms to perform Phase I and II clinical trials.

Services

  •  Provides a controlled  environment in which to process cells for clinical use
  •  Oversees methods and procedures for cell and gene therapy protocols
  •  Cell expansion including peripheral blood mobilized CD34+ cells, mesenchymal stem cells, hematopoeitic stem cells  and umbilical cord blood cells for use in clinical trials

 Resources

  • Six fully-equipped independent culture rooms connected to a common anteroom
  • Each room contains a Class II biological safety cabinet, centrifuge, microscope and refrigerator
  • The anteroom has a -80 freezer and a decontaimination room that houses a pass-through autoclave
  • Balanced air handling system provides air barriers between the individual culture rooms and the outside space
  • Quarantine Room for incoming materials and a facility office space

Page last updated: October, 2007