CYTOKINES 

Cytokines are widely used in the field of immunology and stem cell research but the cost of such biological 

reagents can mount to extremities in case of complex systems and can consume a large proportion of grant budgets. 

Purified recombinant cytokines tend to be hugely overpriced partly due to marketing and shipping costs.

Locally provided cytokine products produced by university core facilities may be a way of reducing research

expenses or reallocating financial resources. In our laboratory, we aim to provide the research community

with high quality cytokines at affordably low prices. We established an infrastructure and a development/

production workflow suitable forthe generation of cytokine products with thorough biochemical,toxicological,

and standard biological activity testing and quality control. In collaboration with a number of departments

and labs within the university, we established a network of independent/external research laboratories

testing our cytokine products in their own experiments.