Creating a cell-friendly microenvironment to enhance cell culture efficiency

Cell & Gene Therapy Insights 2019; 5(3), 341-350.

10.18609/cgti.2019.038

Published: 26 April 2019
Commentary
Ou Wang, Yuguo Lei

Cells will be a major type of medicine. To achieve the full potential of cellular therapeutics, we must be able to cost-effectively and reproducibly manufacture cells at large scales and with high quality. Currently, robust and cost-effective culture of high-quality allogenic or autologous cells in large scales is still very challenging. Academia and industry are focusing on developing modular, disposable and closed bioreactors; automating the cell culture; integrating process analysis and control and artificial intelligence. This short article describes how the cell culture microenvironment impacts the cell culture outcome, and the critical need of creating a cell-friendly microenvironment during cell manufacturing.