Description
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. Gibco MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium features: Superior performance Ready-to-use format Quality and performance testing Unique, optimized formulation Superior performance Gibco MarrowMAX 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 format Gibco MarrowMAX 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 testing Every lot of Gibco 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 Gibco MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium before measuring the mitotic index and chromosome banding resolution. In addition, each lot is tested for sterility, pH, osmolality, mycoplasma and endotoxin. Unique, optimized formulation Gibco MarrowMAX 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. Gibco MarrowMAX Bone Marrow Medium does not contain GCT conditioned medium. Product Use For in vitro diagnostic use. cGMP Manufacturing and Quality System Gibco MarrowMAX 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