Expansion step Days of culture Cell seeded Cell harvested Viability Doubling time (h) Number of doublings
P0 Flask
Fresh cells
14 252 E+06
(12.6 ml Ficoll BM)
9.8 E+06 (P1F) 100% NA NA
Quantum
Fresh cells
14 25 ml
(whole BM)
12.3 E+06 (P1Q) 92% NA NA
P1 Flask
Fresh cells
7 9.7 E+06 (P1F) 76 E+06 (P2F) 98% 56 3.0
Quantum
Thawed cells
7 8.2 E+06 (P1Q) 154 E+06 (P2Q) 97% 40 4.2
P2 Flask
Fresh cells
7 70 E+06 (P2F) 425 E+06 (P3F) 90% 64 2.6
P2 Quantum
Thawed cells
7 20 E+06 (P2Q) 169 E+06 (P3Q-1) 93% 54 3.1
Quantum
Thawed cells
7 20 E+06 (P2Q) 172 E+06 (P3Q-2) 89% 54 3.1
Quantum
Thawed cells
7 20 E+06 (P2Q) 110 E+06 (P3Q-3) 89% 68 2.5
Table 1: Results for P0, P1 and P2 expansions. This table compares MSC expansion results between the Quantum® device and traditional flasks for all expansion steps
(Figure 1).