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Essential 8™ Flex Medium Kit

Catalog number: A2858501
Gibco™

Essential 8™ Flex Medium Kit

Catalog number: A2858501
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A2858501
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1 kit
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Price: 374.00
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Essential 8™ Flex is a xeno-free and feeder-free medium that supports the culture of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) without the need for weekend feeding. Essential 8 Flex provides all of the benefits of Essential 8 Medium: minimized variability of components, reliable and robust cultures with a xeno-free, cGMP produced media; along with the added benefit of flexibility. Maintenance of standard PSCs no longer requires being in the lab 7 days a week.

Flexibility
With Essential 8 Flex Medium, PSCs need only be fed on the day of splitting and the day after. If the cells will be left without feeding for more than 48 hours, such as over a weekend, then simply double the feed volume on Friday.

Reliable and robust cultures
Essential 8 Flex Medium has been shown to support PSC growth for >30 passages without any signs of karyotypic abnormalities and to maintain the ability of iPSCs to differentiate into all three germ line lineages.

Cost effective
Essential 8 Flex Medium is provided in a convenient two-component kit (500 mL basal medium and 10 mL supplement), and when used with vitronectin (VTN-N), provides a cost effective, defined system for feeder-free culture of human PSCs.

The Essential 8 Flex Medium formulation is based upon that published for Essential 8 Medium by Chen, et al., and allows for control and flexibility of PSC culture medium, without a negative impact to the health of the stem cells.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Specifications

Cell Type
Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs), Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs), Human Stem Cells
Classification
Xeno-free
Culture Type
Feeder-free Stem Cell Culture (Human, iPS - Induced Pluripotent Stem, Embryonic)
Product Type
Stem Cell Media
With Additives
Phenol Red
Manufacturing Quality
cGMP for medical devices, 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485
Product Line
Essential 8™
Shipping Condition
Supplement - dry ice, Basal - ambient

Contents & Storage

• 500 mL Basal Medium (store at 2–8°C and protect from light)
• 10 mL Supplement (store at -5 to -20°C and protect from light)

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