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Gibco™ McCoy's 5A (Modified) Medium, HEPES 
General-purpose medium that supports propagation of many types of primary cells, established cell lines and explants from biopsy tissues
Manufacturer: Gibco™ 12330031
Description
This medium will support the growth of primary mammalian cells derived from normal bone marrow, skin, spleen, kidney, lung, rat embryos, and other tissues.
- Contains reducing agent glutathione, bacto-peptone, and high level of glucose
- It is modified as follows: with high glucose, L-glutamine, bacto-peptone, phenol red, HEPES; without sodium pyruvate.
- Includes Dr. Hsu's addition of Hank's salts to enable use outside CO2 incubator
- Requires serum supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
- Uses a sodium bicarbonate buffer system (2.2g/L) and therefore requires 5-10% CO2 environment to maintain physiological pH
- Sustainable packaging
Cell Culture, Mammalian Cell Culture
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Shipping Condition: Room Temperature
Specifications
| HEPES | |
| 500 ml | |
| Liquid | |
| Phenol Red | |
| No Sodium Pyruvate |
| Room Temperature | |
| Gibco™ | |
| L-Glutamine | |
| Sustainable packaging |
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Not for human or animal therapeutic use. Uses other than the intended use may be a violation of local law. For in vitro diagnostic use. For human ex vivo tissue and cell culture processing applications.