Media, Cell Culturing Products & FBS

Animal serum plays an important role in cell culture with Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) being the most highly used serum due to its high level of nutrients.

Our FBS is manufactured in a fully integrated environment from raw material collection to finished product. It is produced to the highest standards in order to reduce risk and product variability, and to ensure product safety and performance. Our standards are built into the entire supply chain. We source our FBS cell culture medium supplement from United States and USDA approved regions.

We currently offer 3 different lines of regular FBS – Premium, Standard, and Qualified. All 3 lines are available in both U.S. origin and Imported origin (USDA approved). The lines of FBS are differentiated by the endotoxin levels in each lot.

• Our Premium FBS endotoxin specification is ≤10 EU/mL.
• Our Standard FBS endotoxin specification is ≤30 EU/mL.
• Our Qualified FBS endotoxin specification is ‘As reported’

We also provide specialty FBS such as charcoal stripped, tet-free, lipid depleted, exosome free, and dialyzed. We have the ability heat-inactivate all of our FBS products. Check out this blog post to learn more about the differences in our FBS products.

• No requirement of CO₂ incubator or humid incubator.
• Exact volume of media per culture.
• Cell growth on vertical walls segregates cells and debris.
• Negligible dehydration rates Protected against leaks or spills.
• Higher cell yields.
• Shipping and short term cell maintenance at room temperature.

The Detachin™ Solution is suitable for detaching adherent cells from in vitro growth vesicles. Detachin offers the following benefits:

• Gentle and rapid detachment;
• Maximum cell viability;
• Effective on a wide range of cells;
• No mammalian or bacterial byproducts;
• Stable at 4°C for 2 months;
• No need to wash detached cells.

Our Collagel Hydrogels, and Nanofibers can take your cell based assays to the next level. They give you the capabilities to develop 3-D structures and ECMs that more closely mimic in vivo environments. Our comprehensive listing should address most requirements. This includes structures designed to closely represent the actual biological environment of interest.

These cultures promote better cell growth, differentiation and migration and designed to work with many cell types including:  stem cells, cancer cells, progenitors, neurons, glia, astrocytes, fibroblasts, and keratinocytes. 3-D cell assay applications include the study of cellular functionality, morphology, protein/gene expression and drug interaction/toxicology in vitro.

NanoAligned® 3D nanofibers enable cells to align and orient as they do in vivo which facilitates faster screening with more meaningful results. These nanofibers:

• Mimic aligned and oriented parts of the body such as white matter within the brain, the central nervous system, cardiac tissue, skeletal muscle, and many others.
• Help control differentiation of stem cells into the desired celltype by providing the appropriate physical cues for cardiomyocytes, neurons, myoblasts, etc.
• Provide an ideal substrate for high-throughput, real-time imaging and quantification of cell migration and is much more physiologically relevant than typical ‘scratch assays.

NanoECM® 3D nanofibers provide an environment  that mimics the structure of much of the ECM in our bodies facilitating faster screening with more meaningful results. These nanofibers:

• Mimic the nanofibrous extracellular matrix found throughout the body
• Provide a substrate for adherent stem cell expansion that produces higher expansion rates while maintaining stem cell pluripotency
• Increased surface area which facilitates culturing higher cell numbers which can result in higher production levels of monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, etc.