Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
The cells can be propagated in spinner cultures or in static cultures.
The amounts of stored and released somatostatin can be increased 2 to 3 fold by treatment for 4 days with 1 micromolar 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine.
Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days
Complete growth medium described above supplemented with 5% (v/v) DMSO. Cell culture tested DMSO is available as ATCC Catalog No. 4-X.
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