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Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)

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Sera Manufactured in ISO 13485 & ISO 9001 Certified Facilities

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Fully Traceable, Documented and Ethically Sourced

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Consistent Performance for Cell Culture, Diagnostics, Pharma/Biotech and More

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Heat Inactivation, Gamma Irradiation and Additional Product Treatments for all Sera

Shield logos, processed in USDA approved facilities, produced following cGMP standards
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The Highest Industry Standards

Analyses classifies and tests products before shipment to customers all over the world.
Each lot/batch of our Fetal Bovine Serum includes full Certificate of Analysis and reported data.
Quality System can trace raw materials back to the original supplier, USDA licensed abattoirs and geographical location collected.
Vertical integration system provides origin certification and full sera traceability.
Additional product treatments available (Heat Inactivation, Gamma Irradiation and more).
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Serum bottle F11713-500

United States Origin Fetal Bovine Serum

Cat # F11713

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Serum F31016-500

USDA Approved Fetal Bovine Serum

Cat # F31016

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Specialty Serum Available

SeraPrime offers a selection of serum products designed for specialty applications and sensitive cell cultures, including stem cell research, cancer research, reporter assays, immunoassays, and more.

Type
Charcoal-Stripped
Exosome-Depleted
Lipid-Depleted
TET-Free
Description
Charcoal and dextran are commonly used to remove hormones that can affect cell culture growth; growth assays using Vero cells
Depleted of 2:90% of endogenous exosomes and is intended for use in cell culture exosome isolation assays
Lipid-depleted FBS reduces the concentration of lipids (free fatty acids)
Does not contain trace levels of tetracycline (or its derivatives) which have been observed to interfere with proper regulation of TRE-controlled gene expression
Purpose
Charcoal and dextran are commonly used to remove hormones that can affect cell culture growth; growth assays using Vero cells
For researchers who are interested in isolating exosomes from cultured cells without the complication of bovine exosomes that are present in standard FBS
For research applications where the normal concentration of lipids may interfere with cell growth
For researchers studying neuroscience, cancer research, drug screening, vaccine development, and gene editing
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Product Treatments Available

SeraPrime offers FBS products that have undergone additional treatment to support sensitive culture applications, available in any size.

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Heat-Inactivated

Heat inactivation of serum is performed by raising the temperature of the serum to 56°C and maintaining that temperature for 30 minutes. Heat inactivation is the method of choice to destroy complement protein activity.

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Gamma Irradiated

Gamma irradiation of serum is intended to assure the complete removal of a virus and or viral inactivation.

SeraPrime's proprietary dose map and configurations ensures sterilization within ISO 11137 international standards.

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