Gibco™ MEM α, GlutaMAX™ Supplement, no nucleosides 

Description

MEM α can be used with a variety of suspension and adherent mammalian cells, including keratinocytes, primary rat astrocytes, and human melanoma cells.

• Modification of Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) that contains non-essential amino acids, sodium pyruvate, lipoic acid, vitamin B₁₂, biotin, and ascorbic acid
• Modified as follows: with phenol red, GlutaMAX™: without ribonucleosides, deoxyribonucleosides
• Gibco MEM α with GlutaMAX™ supplement minimizes toxic ammonia build-up and improves cell viability and growth in an easy-to-use format
• Made with Earle's salts
• Contains no proteins, lipids, or growth factors
• Requires supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
• Uses 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