Non-Animal Scaffolds Under Heat and pH Stress
For cultivated meat R&D teams, I assess scaffold stability by retained function - not appearance. Test your formulation through its actual heating, cooling and pH sequence. For adherent culture, check...
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DMEM, high glucose, pyruvate · Proliferation
Direct Substitute
Livestock Labs Porcine Fibroblasts
Choose the high-glucose formulation. Use with sodium pyruvate as an alternative to the specified medium. Not validated by Livestock Labs.
DMEM, high glucose · Proliferation
Direct Substitute
WildBio Zebra MSC Cell Line – Bone Marrow
WildBio Zebra Myoblast Cell Line – Muscle
WildBio Ostrich Myoblast Cell Line – Muscle
Other cell lines (8)
WildBio Giraffe Myoblast Cell Line – Muscle
WildBio Giraffe Pre-Adipocyte Cell Line – Fat
WildBio Springbok Myoblast Cell Line – Muscle
WildBio Springbok Pre-Adipocyte Cell Line – Fat
WildBio Blue Wildebeest Myoblast Cell Line – Muscle
WildBio Buffalo Pre-Adipocyte Cell Line – Fat
WildBio Duiker Pre-Adipocyte Cell Line – Fat
WildBio Impala Pre-Adipocyte Cell Line – Fat
Choose the formulation with glucose and glutamine.
DMEM, high glucose, GlutaMAX, pyruvate · Differentiation
Direct Substitute
Opo Bio Bovine Angus Satellite Cells
Opo Bio Bovine Angus Fibroblasts
Use with GlutaMAX and sodium pyruvate as an alternative to the specified medium.
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Direct Substitute: assessed by Cellbase's technical team as equivalent for the same job.
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What published studies used with DMEM ShowHide Components that studies in Cellag Bio used alongside DMEM, and where to find them on Cellbase.Includes FBS, FGF2, Horse serum, Ham's F-10.
Bovine · Muscle cells (37)Avian · Muscle cells (10)Bovine · Mesenchymal stem cells (9)Porcine · Muscle cells (6)
FBSUsed in 72 of 87 Cellag Bio studies
Capricorn Scientific Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
FGF2Used in 30 of 87 Cellag Bio studies
Bovine FGF-basic (FGF-2/bFGF), Animal-Free Recombinant Protein, PeproTech®
Horse serumUsed in 28 of 87 Cellag Bio studies
Gibco™ Horse Serum, New Zealand Origin
Ham's F-10Used in 17 of 87 Cellag Bio studies
Gibco™ Ham's F-10 Nutrient Mix
Also used in these studies, not currently on Cellbase: Matrigel, Gelatin. Ask us to source these →
How we choose these
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KCell DMEM is a basal medium formulated for the culture of a wide variety of mammalian cells, including fibroblasts, muscle cells, and primary stem cells. It provides the essential amino acids, vitamins, salts, and glucose required to sustain cell metabolism and proliferation. The high-glucose version supports rapid growth of fast-dividing cell lines, while the low-glucose version is suited to more sensitive or differentiated cells.
Produced in ISO-certified, cGMP-validated facilities, KCell DMEM ensures lot-to-lot consistency and compliance with global quality standards. Both powder and liquid forms are available with flexible customisation options, including L-glutamine, phenol red, sodium pyruvate, and bicarbonate buffering. Each batch is tested for sterility, pH, and osmolarity before release.
The medium is supplied sterile and protected from light, ready for use in cultivated-meat and cellular-agriculture research. Its composition mirrors the nutrient balance used in academic and industrial cell-culture protocols, providing a reliable foundation for scaling R&D processes into pilot and production environments.
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Buffer additives allowedYes
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Do not freezeYes
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Phenol redYesYes--YesYes--
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L-glutamineYesYes--YesYes--
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Sodium PyruvateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
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Basal Medium
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Cell Line SpecificityAvian, Bovine, Seafood, Porcine
Published research using DMEM
Used in 87 of 157 Cellag Bio studies.
These studies used this component, not necessarily this exact product.
- Non-ammoniagenic proliferation and differentiation media for cultivated adipose tissue
- Engineered marble-like bovine fat tissue for cultured meat
- Simplification of culture conditions and feeder-free expansion of bovine embryonic stem cells
- Engineered whole cut meat-like tissue by the assembly of cell fibers using tendon-gel integrated bioprinting
- Conditioned serum-free culture medium accomplishes adhesion and proliferation of bovine myogenic cells on uncoated dishes
Studies from Cellag Bio, a database of published cultivated meat research.
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