Guide to Choosing Methylcellulose Media for the Human Colony Forming Cell (CFC) Assay

Base & Stock Methylcellulose Media for the Human CFC Assay

Product Name Application Colonies
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Methylcellulose Stock Solution For the growth and differentiation of human, mouse, and rat hematopoietic stem cells using Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Media. N/A* HSC001
Human Methylcellulose Base Media For the growth and differentiation of human hematopoietic stem cells. N/A* HSC002
StemXVivo Methylcellulose Concentrate For the growth and differentiation of human, mouse, and rat hematopoietic stem cells using Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Media or any other basal media. N/A* HSC011

Complete Methylcellulose Media for the Human CFC Assay

Product Name Application Colonies
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Catalog #
Human Methylcellulose
Complete Media
For the differentiation and enumeration of human hematopoietic stem cells, optimized with premium quality cytokines. BFU-E
CFU-E
CFU-G
CFU-GEMM
CFU-GM
CFU-M
HSC003
Human Methylcellulose
Complete Media without Epo
For the differentiation and enumeration of granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells and for detection of Epo-independent erythropoiesis, optimized with premium quality cytokines. CFU-G
CFU-GM
CFU-M
HSC004
Human Methylcellulose
Enriched Media
Complete media with G-CSF and IL-6 for the differentiation and enumeration of CD34+ human hematopoietic stem cells. BFU-E
CFU-E
CFU-G
CFU-GEMM
CFU-GM
CFU-M
HSC005
Human Methylcellulose
Serum-Free Enriched Media
Complete, defined media for the differentiation and enumeration of human hematopoietic stem cells. BFU-E
CFU-E
CFU-G
CFU-GEMM
CFU-GM
CFU-M
HSC005SF