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Sera, whether bovine, human or from other sources, provides mammalian cells with the vital growth factors, lipids and more required for their growth in culture. The type of sera required is determined by both the cells being used and the media those cells require. Serum is a traditional supplement used in cell culture. Serum provides critical nutrients and growth factors needed by the cells for optimal growth. Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is the most common serum used for this purpose; however, there are other serum types used in the culture of cells. Serum alternatives are also available to support cell growth if applicable for the cell type. Avantor offers a wide variety of sera to meet the needs of cell culturists. Please select from the attributes below to find the sera options best suited to your application needs.
Avantor® Seradigm South America Origin Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
Supplier: VWR Seradigm
Avantor® Seradigm South America origin FBS preserves more of the naturally-occurring growth factors that cells require to thrive, resulting in the highest possible quality sera for a price that fits your budget.
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Avantor® Seradigm Australia Origin Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
Supplier: VWR Seradigm
Australia Origin FBS is widely considered the gold standard for safety and regulatory compliance by cell culturists around the world. Avantor Seradigm Australia Origin FBS combines outstanding performance and quality with ease of regulatory access globally, suitable for a wide variety of applications.
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Avantor® Seradigm Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS), Ultra-Low IgG, US Origin
Supplier: VWR Seradigm
Ultra-low IgG foetal bovine serum (FBS) is purified of immunoglobulin (IgG) using a chromatographic process that delivers significantly reduced levels of IgG (≤5 μg/ml).
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Why Choose Corning Fetal Bovine Serum?
Our vertically integrated FBS serum supply chain, from collection to scientist, allows us to provide a consistent supply of FBS.
Avantor® Seradigm, Select Grade Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
Supplier: VWR Seradigm
Avantor Seradigm Select Grade FBS provides superior performance and consistency in cost-sensitive applications.
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Avantor® Seradigm, Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), US origin
Supplier: VWR Seradigm
Ultimate grade FBS offers the ultimate in product quality and viral safety, undergoing additional BVD virus testing using qPCR technology. Premium grade FBS is widely used by cell culturists requiring high quality, high performance FBS for a wide variety of applications.
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Bovine serum, adult
Supplier: BIOWEST
Bovine serum is a pooled serum sample obtained from a normal donor herd. It is specific for anti-bovine serum and yields multiple arcs of precipitation during immunoelectrophoresis versus anti-bovine serum.
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HyClone™ Calf Serum, U.S. Origin
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
HyClone™ bovine calf serum can be used as an effective alternative to foetal bovine serum (FBS).
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Donkey serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Donkey serum may be used as a blocking agent and controls in immunoassays. For immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, donkey serum was used between 5 to 20% as a blocking agent in various studies.
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Human sera
Supplier: BIOWEST
Human serum 'off-the-clot' is processed from human blood that has been coagulation-induced. It is collected from volunteer donors.
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Horse serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Horse serum asceptically collected from healthy animals. Used as a blocking agent or as a control for immunoassays.
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Foetal bovine serum (FBS), South African origin
Supplier: BIOWEST
Sterile filtered foetal bovine serum (FBS) derived from clotted whole blood aseptically collected from foetus via cardiac puncture. Each manufactured batch is rigorously controlled, from the collection of serum through to final packaging.
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Mouse serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Mouse serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Mouse serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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HyClone™ Bovine Growth Serum, US origin
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
HyClone™ Bovine Growth Serum is a foetal bovine serum (FBS) replacement, consisting of bovine calf serum supplemented with chemically-defined components.
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Human Serum, PBMC Matched
Supplier: PROVITRO
Human serum, the fluid component of blood obtained after the removal of fibrinogen and other clotting factors, serves numerous vital purposes. These include human cell culture, drug testing, tissue typing, and cell therapy research. Human blood serum does not contain white blood cells, red blood cells, or platelets. Human blood serum can be obtained from healthy donors in fresh or cryopreserved formats upon custom request.
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Chicken serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Chicken serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Chicken serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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HyClone™ Fetal Bovine Serum (United States), Super Low IgG, HyClone Products (Cytiva)
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
Enhance cell culture growth with U.S.-sourced Cytiva HyClone Super Low IgG Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS).
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Dog serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Dog serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Dog serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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Serum replacement, FreeAdd 1X
Supplier: BIOWEST
FreeAdd 1X is a fully chemically defined substitute for animal serum. It provides the necessary nutritional support for cell growth, development and expression. It has been tested on a variety of cells and can be used in combination with basal medium to generate equal or even better cell culture performance.
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Donor horse serum, US orgin, HyClone™
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
HyClone™ donor horse serum, designed to supplement cell growth, is collected from selected donor herds that receive regular veterinary inspection and care.
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Newborn calf serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Newborn Calf Serum (NBCS) originates from 3 to 10 day old calves. It is a high quality, cost effective replacement for Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and contains a somewhat higher proportion of proteins and immunoglobulin, but fewer growth factors. With proper cell adaptation, it has been shown to perform very well in cell culture applications where routine cell growth and cell culture maintenance is the objective.
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Porcine serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Porcine serum in lymphocyte culture for chromosomal studies has been utilized and found to be adequate. Moreover, although not commonly used, it is said that the constituents of porcine and human blood are nearly the same. It has also been suggested that porcine serum could be used in setting up peripheral lymphocyte culture for karyotyping.
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Fetal bovine serum characterized (United States), HyClone™
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
Enhance growth of cells with U.S.-sourced Cytiva HyClone™ characterised fetal bovine serum (FBS). More economical than defined FBS, but meets the requirements of most discriminating cell culturists.
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Sheep serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
For immunohistochemistry applications, sheep serum is frequently used as a blocking solution. Using sheep serum is useful for blocking the background cross reactivity with immunoglobulins which are already present in the tissue. When used before application of the primary antibody, sheep serum can eliminate Fc receptor binding of the primary and secondary antibody.
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Foetal bovine serum (FBS), USDA approved
Supplier: BIOWEST
Sterile filtered foetal bovine serum (FBS) derived from clotted whole blood aseptically collected from foetus via cardiac puncture. Each manufactured batch is rigorously controlled, from the collection of serum through to final packaging.
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Rabbit serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Rabbit serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Rabbit serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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Calf serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Calf serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Calf serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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Calf serum, iron supplemented, US origin, HyClone™
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
HyClone™ iron-supplemented bovine calf serum contains additional iron to boost serum transferrin levels to physiological levels.
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Cosmic calf serum, US origin, HyClone™
Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)
HyClone™ Cosmic calf serum is fortified with iron and naturally derived components for increased performance with a broad spectrum of cell type. Contains high quality iron-supplemented bovine calf serum with added growth promoting factors.
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Donor foal serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Donor foal serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Donor foal serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.
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Cat (feline) serum
Supplier: BIOWEST
Feline serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Feline serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.