The future of human health will be defined by technologies that accelerate the world's access to more effective medicines.
Human cells are a cornerstone of fundamental disease research, drug discovery, and clinical translation. Yet, despite decades of research into iPSCs, emerging cures for some of the world’s most pervasive diseases have been bottlenecked by a lack of access to standardised, easy to use and readily accessible human cells.
We built ioCells to solve this challenge.
Developed on our platform, and powered by opti-ox technology, ioCells are human cells deterministically programmed from iPSCs consistently, at scale. With ioCells, scientists no longer need to battle with variance, unreliability, physiological irrelevance and long experimental timelines. Instead, scientists can finally focus on the next great advances in human health.
ioCells are for research use only.
ioWild Type Cells
ioWild Type Cells are defined, easy-to-use, functional iPSC-derived human cells from a healthy donor background that are ready for fundamental research and drug discovery experimentation within days.
ioDisease Model Cells
ioDisease Model Cells are ioWild Type Cells engineered to contain disease-relevant mutations. ioDisease Model Cells and ioWild Type Cells form an isogenic pair allowing scientists to make true comparisons.
CRISPR-Ready ioCells
CRISPR-Ready ioCells are human iPSC-derived cells constitutively expressing Cas9 nuclease for rapid gene knockout generation.
ioTracker Cells
ioTracker Cells are human iPSC-derived cells constitutively expressing a fluorescent protein for easy visualisation, tracking, and isolation of human cells in live-cell imaging assays.
Consistent
Our platform ensures consistency between every batch of cells, overcoming the challenge of data reproducibility.
Cost-effective
ioCells generate quality data at industry leading seeding densities. You can do more with every vial as every well saves you money.
Defined
Every ioCell has its identity characterised by ICC, RT-qPCR and RNA-Seq at minimum.
Easy-to-use
ioCells are delivered cryopreserved and require a simple protocol using an open-source medium to get started.
Quick
Deterministically programmed cells mature rapidly, meaning cells are ready for experimentation and data gathering within days post-revival.
Scalable
With opti-ox technology we can make billions of consistently programmed cells, surpassing the demands of industrial workflows.
Dr Marijn Vlaming
Head of Biology - Beerse & Leiden | Charles River
Dr Mariangela Iovino
Senior Group Leader | Biology Discovery | Charles River
Rodney A. Bowling Jr, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer | Everlum Bio
Every ioCell is powered by opti-ox.
Using opti-ox, populations of stem cells are precisely and consistently programmed into a chosen cell identity. Each vial of ioCells contains a defined and highly characterised population of iPSC-derived human cells that are ready for quality data production in a matter of days. Their high lot-to-lot consistency provides a reliable cell model that enables scientists to conduct repeatable and scalable experiments in drug discovery and disease research.
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