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BioBLU 5c single-use vessels
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of hydromechanical stresses encountered by microcarriers in stem cell culture bioreactors.
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83. Delafosse A, Calvo S, Collignon M-L, Delvigne F, Crine M, Toye D (2015) Euler–Lagrange
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