GE Healthcare HyClone™ Fetal Bovine Serum (U.S.), Charcoal/Dextran Treated

Description

• Processed using a proprietary charcoal/dextran treatment that has been shown to reduce the levels of many hormones and growth factors
• This serum is assayed for a variety of components before and after treatment to ensure the efficacy of the treatment
• Charcoal/dextran treatment has been shown to be effective in reducing steroid levels for use of the serum in receptor studies or estrogen-related investigations
• Other studies indicate that charcoal/dextran treatments may be used to minimize lot-to-lot serum variability
• Filtered through three sequential 100 nm (0.1 µm) pore size-rated filters
• Before dispensing, each lot of serum is pooled using true pool technology to ensure uniformity and consistency between bottles