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Gibco™ Opti-MEM™ Reduced Serum Medium, powder
Opti-MEM™ Reduced-Serum Medium is an improved Minimal Essential Medium (MEM) that allows for a reduction of Fetal Bovine Serum supplementation by at least 50% with no change to growth rate or morphology.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | Sp2, AE-1, CHO, BHK-21, and HEK |
Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 30 months from date of manufacture |
With Additives | Glutamine,Phenol Red |
Product Type | Opti-MEM I |
Form | Powder |
Classification | Animal Origin |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Shelf Life | 30 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Product Line | Gibco™, Opti-MEM™ |
Cell Type | Primary Fibroblasts |
Gibco™ Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mix, powder
Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture (F-12) was designed for serum-free single-cell plating of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells.

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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 36 months from date of manufacture |
With Additives | Glutamine,Phenol Red,Sodium Pyruvate |
Product Type | Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture |
Form | Powder |
Without Additives | No HEPES,No Sodium Bicarbonate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Product Line | Gibco™ |
Cell Type | Primary Rat Astrocytes |
Gibco™ Glasgow's MEM, powder
Originally developed by Ian McPherson and Michael Stoker as modification of Eagle's medium

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Gibco™ Brinster's, no Glutamine, no phenol red
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Brinster's medium for ovum culture (BMOC) is a simple chemically defined media containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) developed by Ralph Brinster for in vitro development of mouse oocytes.


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Gibco™ RPMI 1640 Medium
RPMI 1640 Medium was originally developed to culture human leukemic cells in suspension and as a monolayer.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | HeLa, Jurkat, MCF-7, PC-12, PBMC, astrocytes, and carcinomas |
Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C. Protect from light Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 12 months from date of manufacture |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No HEPES,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Cell Type | Leukemic Cells |
With Additives | Glutamine,Phenol Red |
Product Type | RPMI 1640 Medium (Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™, SynerGy™ |
Serum Level | Standard Serum Supplementation |
Gibco™ RPMI 1640 Medium
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RPMI 1640 Medium was originally developed to culture human leukemic cells in suspension and as a monolayer.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | HeLa, Jurkat, MCF-7, PC-12, PBMC, astrocytes, and carcinomas |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No HEPES,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Cell Type | Leukemic Cells |
Sterilization Method | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | Glutamine,Phenol Red |
Product Type | RPMI 1640 Medium (Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™ |
Serum Level | Standard Serum Supplementation |
Gibco™ DMEM, high glucose, no glutamine
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DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium) is a widely used basal medium for supporting the growth of many different mammalian cells.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | HeLa, 293, Cos-7, and PC-12 |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No Glutamine,No HEPES,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Cell Type | Primary Fibroblasts, Neurons, Glial Cells, HUVECs, Smooth Muscle Cells |
Sterilization Method | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | High Glucose,Phenol Red |
Product Type | DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™ |
Serum Level | Standard Serum Supplementation |
Gibco™ FreeStyle™ 293 Expression Medium
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An animal origin-free, serum-free, protein-free formulation, allowing for easier purification


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2°C to 8°C. Protect from light Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 12 months from date of manufacture |
Product Type | Expression Medium |
Form | Liquid |
Classification | Animal Origin-free,Chemically-defined,Protein-free,Serum-free |
Product Line | Freestyle™ |
Serum Level | Serum-free |
Gibco™ IMDM
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IMDM (Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium) is well suited for rapidly proliferating, high-density cell cultures, including Jurkat, COS-7, and macrophage cells


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | Jurkat, COS-7, and macrophage cells |
Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C. Protect from light Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 12 months from date of manufacture |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No α-Thioglycerol,No 2-Mercaptoethanol |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Sterilization Method | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | High Glucose,Glutamine,HEPES,Phenol Red,Sodium Pyruvate |
Product Type | IMDM (Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™ |
Gibco™ Advanced DMEM/F-12
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Advanced DMEM/F-12 (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium/Ham's F-12) is a widely used basal medium that allows the culture of mammalian cells with reduced Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) supplementation.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | MRC-5, SP2, Vero, WI-38 and Jurkat |
Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C. Protect from light Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 12 months from date of manufacture |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No Glutamine,No HEPES |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Sterilization Method | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | High Glucose,Phenol Red,Sodium Pyruvate,Non Essential Amino Acids (NEAA) |
Product Type | DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium)/F-12 |
Classification | Animal Origin |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™ |
Serum Level | Reduced Serum |
Gibco™ RPMI 1640 Medium, GlutaMAX™ Supplement
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RPMI 1640 Medium (Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 Medium) was originally developed to culture human leukemic cells in suspension and as a monolayer.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | HeLa, Jurkat, MCF-7, PC-12, PBMC, astrocytes, and carcinomas |
Content And Storage | Storage conditions: 2-8° C. Protect from light Shipping conditions: Ambient Shelf life: 12 months from date of manufacture |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No HEPES,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
Cell Type | Leukemic Cells |
Sterilization Method | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | GlutaMAX,Phenol Red |
Product Type | RPMI 1640 Medium (Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | Gibco™, GlutaMAX™ |
Serum Level | Standard Serum Supplementation |
Gibco™ MEM, high glucose, high sodium bicarbonate
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Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) is one of the most commonly used of all cell culture media.


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Gibco™ SILAC RPMI 1640 Flex Media, no glucose, no phenol red
SILAC RPMI 1640 Flex Media, no glucose, no phenol red


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Gibco™ BenchStable™ MEM
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Gibco Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) is one of the most commonly used of all cell culture media.


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Shipping Condition | Room Temperature |
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Cell Line | HeLa, BHK-21, 293, HEP-2, HT-1080, MCF-7, and fibroblasts |
Content And Storage | Store at room temperature. Protect from light. |
Form | Liquid |
Without Additives | No HEPES,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 9001: 2015 standard |
Green Features | Energy efficient, Fewer resources used, Sustainable packaging |
Concentration | 1 X |
Sterility | Sterile-filtered |
With Additives | Low Glucose,GlutaMAX,Phenol Red |
Product Type | MEM (Minimum Essential Medium) |
Classification | Animal Origin-free |
Shelf Life | 12 Months From Date of Manufacture |
Product Line | BenchStable™ |
Serum Level | Standard Serum Supplementation |
Gibco™ RPMI 1640 Medium, HEPES, no glutamine
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Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 medium was originally developed to culture human leukemic cells in suspension and as a monolayer.


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Form | Liquid |
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Without Additives | No Glutamine,No Sodium Pyruvate |
Manufacturing Quality | cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard |
Shelf Life | 12 Months |
Concentration | 1 X |