Thermo Fisher, 12260001, MarrowMAX™ Bone Marrow Medium, 500 mL

Quantity: 500 mL
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Gibco MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium is a fully-supplemented medium developed for the short term culture of bone marrow and other hematopoietic cells for cytogenetic studies and in vitro diagnostic procedures.MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium features:
• Superior performance
• Ready-to-use format
• Quality and performance testing
• Unique, optimized formulationSuperior performanceMarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium outperforms other commercially available media containing Giant Cell Tumor (GCT) conditioned media, providing consistent performance with a higher mitotic index and superior chromosomal morphology.Ready-to-use formatMarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium is a frozen, 1X medium, ready to use upon thawing. No supplementation is required. Thawed medium can be stored at 2–8°C for up to 60 days.Quality and performance testingEvery lot of MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium is performance tested by a certified US reference cytogenetics laboratory to ensure consistently superior performance. Bone marrow cells from the aspirate of a normal adult donor are cultured for 24 hours in MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium before measuring the mitotic index and chromosome banding resolution. In addition, each lot must pass a sterility test prior to release.Unique, optimized formulationMarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium is an optimized RPMI 1640 medium, supplemented with Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), gentamicin, and L-glutamine. It also contains a novel human stromal cell conditioned medium that consists of a unique blend of hematopoietic growth factors. MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium does not contain GCT conditioned medium.cGMP Manufacturing and Quality SystemMarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium is manufactured at a cGMP compliant facility, located in Grand Island, New York. The facility is registered with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer and is certified to ISO 13485 standards.