Takara, Y40001, RHB-A®

RHB-A, supplemented with Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (FGF-2), enables the maintenance and continual expansion of symmetrically-dividing NS cellsin defined, serum-free adherent culture. In growth factor supplemented RHB-A, NS cells have been demonstrated to retain their neurogenic capacity for over 100 generations, with full maintenance of diploid karyotype. RHB-A in the presence of EGF and FGF-2 also supports the derivation of clonogenic NS cell lines. Culture of adherent NS cells in RHB-A with sequential growth factor withdrawal leads to differentiation into functional neurons. RHB-A supplemented with EGF and FGF-2 has recently been used for the propagation of glioblastoma stem cell lines.