Gibco™ Essential 8™ Medium

Gibco™ Essential 8™ Medium

Essential 8™ Medium is a xeno-free and feeder-free medium specially formulated for the growth and expansion of human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Originally developed by Guokai Chen et al. in the laboratory of James Thomson (published as 'E8') and validated by Cellular Dynamics International, Essential 8™ Medium has been extensively tested and proved to maintain pluripotency in multiple iPSC lines. In addition, Essential 8™ Medium has been used to scale up production of iPSCs and shown to support iPSC growth for >50 passages without any signs of karyotypic abnormalities, along with maintaining the ability of iPSCs to differentiate into all three germ line lineages.

Features

• Consistent—reduced variability compared to existing feeder-free culture media
• Robust—reliable and robust cultures with a xeno-free, cGMP, 8-component medium
• Cost effective—economical and scalable PSC culture compared to other feeder-free media