Long-term growth comparison studies of FBS and FBS alternatives in six head and neck cell lines.

Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is depended upon by investigators as an indispensable supplement in cell and tissue culture systems. Due to increased demand and limited availability, the price of FBS has increased by greater than 300% in the past few years. In addition, there are ethical and scientific con...

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Main Authors: Chih-Yeu Fang, Chung-Chun Wu, Chia-Lang Fang, Wei-Yu Chen, Chi-Long Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5462426?pdf=render