Description
Dulbecco"sModifiedEagleMedium(DMEM)isawidelyusedbasalmediumforsupportingthegrowthofmanydifferentmammaliancells.CellssuccessfullyculturedinDMEMincludeprimaryfibroblasts,neurons,glialcells,HUVECs,andsmoothmusclecells,aswellascelllinessuchasHeLa,293,Cos-7,andPC-12.Weofferavarietyof
Gibco®DMEMmodificationsforarangeofcellcultureapplications.Findtherightformulationusingthemediaselectortool.
ThisDMEMismodifiedasfollows:
| With | Without | 
|  | •Glucose | 
|  | •SodiumPyruvate | 
|  | •HEPES | 
|  | •L-glutamine | 
Thecompleteformulationisavailable.
DMEMisuniquefromothermediaasitcontains4timestheconcentrationofaminoacidsandvitaminsthantheoriginalEagle"sMinimalEssentialMedium.DMEMwasoriginallyformulatedwithlowglucose(1g/L)andsodiumpyruvate,butisoftenusedwithhigherglucoselevels,withorwithoutsodiumpyruvate.
ProductUseForResearchUseOnly:Notintendedforanimalorhumandiagnosticortherapeuticuse.
cGMPManufacturingandQualitySystemGibco®DMEMismanufacturedatacGMPcompliantfacility,locatedinGrandIsland,NewYork.ThefacilityisregisteredwiththeFDAasamedicaldevicemanufacturerandiscertifiedtoISO13485standards.
DMEMcontainsnoproteins,lipids,orgrowthfactors.Therefore,DMEMrequiressupplementation,commonlywith10%FetalBovineSerum(FBS).DMEMusesasodiumbicarbonatebuffersystem(3.7g/L)andthereforerequiresa5-10%CO
2environmenttomaintainphysiologicalpH.