Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is the growth supplement of choice in cell culture due to its high level of nutrients. This CellMaxx FBS comes from the pristine grasslands of New Zealand where the cattle are tracked throughout their life and has never had BSE or FMD meaning it has the lowest possible…

FastGro allows culturing cells in vitro without the use of serum and without any animal or human derived compound. FastGro is a fully defined additive, avoiding the need for serum, and used for a wide range of cell culture practices. Since FastGro is chemically defined, it avoids lot-to-lot…

Polysorbate 20 is typically used as an emulsifying agent for the preparation of stable oil-in-water emulsions, particularly in pharmaceutical applications. It is also used in pre-extraction of membranes to remove peripheral proteins & as a blocking agent on nitrocellulose at a typical…

DNA-Erase™ is a non-alkaline, non-corrosive and non-carcinogenic cleansing solution that is highly active against DNA contamination and is intended for use at PCR workstations for eliminating PCR artifacts from all laboratory surfaces, including benchtops, apparatus and pipettors. Presence of…

CELLect Gold is collected from a U.S.D.A. regulated and monitored abattoir by technicians who work "on-site" where the fetal blood is aseptically collected via cardiac puncture. This raw material is transported to the production facility where it undergoes sterilization via filtration…

IGEPAL™ CA-630 is a homologous series of octylphenoxypoly(ethyleneoxy)ethanols used for the solubilizing and isolation of membrane proteins. The Igepal CA surfactants are all derived from the same hydrophobic starting material, octylphenol. By increasing the amount of hydrophilic…

Donor Horse Serum is suitable for use in diagnostic assays, as a supplement in mycoplasma growth and assay media and for culturing hematopoietic stem cells and neuronal cells. This serum is processed from whole blood collected from a controlled herd of young horses. Each animal is routinely…

Heat Inactivated. This serum is collected from whole blood from healthy individuals.

Acetone is a commonly used material in the manufacture of various chemicals like methyl isobutyl ketone, mesityl oxide, diacetone alcohol, acetic acid (via the ketene process), iodoform, and bromoform. Other products where acetone is utilized in manufacture include rayon, photographic films, and…

Goat serum is a suitable alternative to fetal bovine serum in a wide range of cell culture applications such as the isolation and identification of viruses produced in a variety of primary cell lines. This serum is produced from whole blood collected from healthy adult animals.

2-8 CELLsium is a cytoprotective, protein free, ready-to-use bio-solution without Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) for the short-term storage of cells or tissue. For short-term storage, add cold (2-8 °C) 2-8 CELLsium at a recommended cell concentration of 1 x 10 6 mL to 8 x 10 6 mL. The 2-8 CELLsium…

Dimethyl sulfoxide is a dipolar, aprotic solvent. Has been shown to accelerate strand renaturation (1-10% concentration) and is believed to give the nucleic acid thermal stability against depurination. By heating the solid form to approximately 30°C, the product can be melted without harming…

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline and other…

1× McCoy 5A Medium, Iwakata & Grace Modification with L-Glutamine is excellent for the propagation of leukocytes, biopsy tissues, a broad range of human and rat normal and transformed cell types, and the most demanding primary and continuous cell lines. McCoy’s media were…

Liqui-Gel is a 40% (w/v) solution of Ultra Pure Acrylamide (38.96%) and bis-Acrylamide (1.04%) in specially-prepared deionized water. Final ratio is 37.5:1. Acrylamide decomposes in the presence of acids, bases, oxidizing agents, iron, and iron salts. It decomposes non-thermally to form…

Triton® X-100 is a alkylaryl polyether alcohol. It is a nonionic surfactant prepared by the reaction of octylphenol with ethylene oxide. The number ("-100") relates only indirectly to the number of ethylene oxide units in the structure. The principal uses of Triton® X-100 is…

LB medium, a common bacterial growth medium for E.coli cells, is widely used in molecular biology. Molecular Biology Certified™ Main components are Tryptone and Yeast Extract Nutritionally rich medium Supports growth of E. coli cells Contains essential electrolytes for…

MEM, originally prepared by Harry Eagle, is one of the most popular cell culture media. Upon his attempts to cultivate normal mammalian fibroblasts and certain HeLa cell subtypes, it was revealed that the nutritional needs of these cell types could not be met by BME. Further studies led to the…

Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is the growth supplement of choice for cell culture due to its high level of nutrients. Most cell types and cell culture systems will benefit from the inclusion of FBS in growth media. It is produced to the highest standards to ensure product performance and safety with…

Preparation Method: Add 5% less distilled water than the desired total volume to a mixing container just large enough to hold the final media volume. Add powdered medium to room temperature (20 -30°C) water with gentle stirring. Do not heat water. Rinse inside of pouch to remove all traces of…

Trichloroacetic acid is an acetic acid analogue commonly used to precipitate proteins, DNA and RNA. In the presence of SDS Trichloroacetic acid will precipitate proteins which can then be quantified by the Lowry method. The compound has also found uses as a decalcifier and fixative in microscopy,…

Protein purification reagent Triethanolamine acts as an organic additive in the grinding of cement clinker and as a complexing agent for aluminum ions in aqueous solutions. It is used as an emulsifier and a surfactant. It finds application in common products like dishwashing liquids, general…

Mineral Oil is a colorless, odorless mixture of alkanes from a mineral source. It is often used as an inert overlay to minimize evaporation in molecular biology applications, including PCR, but has many other applications in other research fields.

Spray on and rinse off for an Rnase-free surface! Completely removes Rnase contamination from bench tops, glass and plasticware. Rnase Erase is nontoxic and comes packaged with an adjustable spray bottle for for ease of use. Applications RNase ERASE® reagent is a precisely formulated,…

Mineral oil is used as an overlay covering microdrops of culture medium in petri dishes, during the culture of oocytes and embryos in IVF and related procedures. It also has its applications in food processing, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless,…

Water is the most fundamental and universal solvent known in nature. Both the polar character and the hydrogen bonding capability of water contribute to its unique solvent properties. Polar materials dissolve in water readily. In the case of salts, water can readily overcome the electrostatic…

Acetic anhydride is a reagent that is used in the manufacturing of acetyl compounds and cellulose acetates. It is also utilized as a solvent in the examination of wool fat, glycerol, fatty and volatile oils, and resins. In the synthesis of organic compounds, acetic anhydride is used in various…

2-Mercaptoethanol is a hybrid of ethylene glycol and 1,2-ethanedithiol. It is used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals. It is widely used because the hydroxyl group confers solubility in water and lowers the volatility. Due to its…

Polysorbate 20 is typically used as an emulsifying agent for the preparation of stable oil-in-water emulsions, particularly in pharmaceutical applications. It has been used in pre-extraction of membranes to remove peripheral proteins. It has been used as a blocking agent on nitrocellulose. …

Dimethyl sulfoxide is a dipolar, aprotic solvent. Has been shown to accelerate strand renaturation (1-10% concentration) and is believed to give the nucleic acid thermal stability against depurination. Dimethyl sulfoxide is used to enhance dermal absorption of many chemicals. A solvent for many…

Tween 80 is a polyethylene sorbitol ester, non ionic surfactant and an emulsifier derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid. Tween 80 has been widely used in biochemical applications including: solubilizing proteins, isolating nuclei from cells in culture, growing of tubercule…