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ArticleIn vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal2017

Best practices for the use and evaluation of animal serum as a component of cell culture medium.

Raymond W Nims, John W Harbell

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Article in In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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2 authors.

Raymond W NimsRMC Pharmaceutical Solutions, Inc., 1851 Lefthand Circle, Suite A, Longmont, CO, 80501, USA. rnims@rmcpharma.com.
John W HarbellJHarbell Consulting, LLC, 16334 Sunset Valley Drive, Dallas, TX, 75248, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal serum is a common additive for cell culture medium and is often required at 5 to 10% (v/v) for the attachment and growth of primary and continuous anchorage-dependent (monolayer) cultures. The use of animal serum in cell culture medium confers several advantages and also some risks. This article discusses the use of animal serum as a component of cell culture medium. The best practices associated with the sourcing, storage, thawing, testing, and mitigation of risk associated with the use of animal sera are among the topics described in this article.

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AnimalsCattleCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCulture MediaSerumCulture MediaAdventitious agentsCell cultureFetal bovine serumHeat inactivationIgG stripping

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