Sartorius Cell Culture Reagents & Supplements
Optimize Cell Growth, Propagation, and Preservation in Animal Component-Free or Xeno-Free Conditions
To realize maximum yields, your cell culture needs a robust supply of basic nutrients and growth-enhancing components. Reagents and supplements in cell culture unlock added performance potential for your process. Whether they are used for effective cell proliferation, maximizing yields post-thaw, or optimizing your surface-to-volume ratio, your reagents should be reliable and high-quality to meet your bioprocessing milestones.
Our reagents not only deliver on their promise of performance but are also manufactured under stringent quality control conditions, ensuring consistency and high quality no matter your cell type. Explore our various regents and supplements below and request your sample.
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Research Use Only Growth Factors & Cytokines
Sartorius offers a range of high-quality research use only (RUO) cytokines and growth factors which are produced using recombinant DNA technology which do not contain any animal-derived components or contaminants.
Preclinical and GMP Growth Factors
High-performance growth factors and cytokines promote cell culture, expansion, and differentiation for cell-based therapies.
Recombumin® Recombinant Human Albumin
Find high-quality animal and human-origin-free recombinant human albumins in the Recombumin® product portfolio.
Freezing Media and Solutions
High-quality biopreservation solutions designed and validated for the cryopreservation and cold storage of cells, including stem cells, T cells and PBMCs.
Cell Culture Reagents and Supplements — Complete Portfolio From Sartorius
Support Cell Growth and Health With Sartorius Solutions
Sartorius offers a broad portfolio of high-quality cell growth supplements, dissociation solutions, attachment and matrix factors to support cell health, and cryopreservation solutions to protect cells during freezing and thawing.
Test Our Reagents and Supplement Samples for Cell and Gene Therapies
Request samples for cell-, gene-, viral and protein-based therapies.
Pick and Mix Life Science Reagents & Consumables Samples
Request your custom sample mix of classical cell culture media, buffers, growth factors, and cytokines for research.
A variety of Sartorius growth factors and cytokines are available to support ex vivo cell culture. These raw and ancillary materials are widely used in cell and gene therapy and regenerative medicine.
- Animal-derived component-free (ADCF)
- Purity ≥ 95%
- Available as preclinical- and GMP-grade
T Cells | Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) | Pluripotent Stem Cells (PSC) | Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) | Natural Killer Cells (NK Cells) | Dendritic Cells (DC) | |
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Cytokines | IL-2 | EGF | EGF | SCF | IL-2 | GM-CSF |
NutriFreez® formulations are optimized to protect a wide range of human and animal-derived cells, including highly sensitive cell types such as primary cells, lymphocytes, and stem cells, in ultra-low temperatures of -196°C while assuring enhanced viability and recovery rates.
NutriFreez® D10 | NutriFreez® D5 | |
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Formulation | Medium-based | Salt-based |
DMSO | 10% | 5% |
Origin | Animal component-free | Animal component-free |
Protein | Protein-free | Protein-free |
Phenol Red | Optional | Without |
High-quality animal and human-origin-free recombinant human albumins in the Recombumin® product portfolio.
| Recombumin® Prime | Recombumin® Elite | |
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Manufactured in | Proprietary genetically modified yeast strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) | Proprietary genetically modified yeast strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) |
| Manufacture Quality | ICHQ7 cGMP Facility | ICHQ7 cGMP Facility |
Formats | 50 mL Vial | 50 g Vial and 1 L BPC |
| Safety Data | Product used in the final formulation of marketed vaccines and therapeutic products and medical devices | Product used in final formulation in clinical phase therapeutics |
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Sartorius offers NutriCoat™ Attachment Solution to facilitate the attachment, spreading, growth, morphology, differentiation, and motility of your cells.
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Cell type | MSC |
Origin | Xeno-free |
Attachment protein | Fibrinogen |
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Recombinant Trypsin Solutions are animal component-free defined cell dissociation enzymes for the detachment of adherent cells.
Recombinant Trypsin Solution | Recombinant Trypsin EDTA Solution | |
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Origin | Animal component-free | Animal component-free |
EDTA | With | Without |
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Sartorius offers PLTGold® Human Platelet Lysate, a rich growth factor supplement that is a superior alternative to FBS.
- Available in research and clinical grades
- Xeno-free
- Heparin-free
PLTGold® Human Platelet Lysate (Research Grade) | PLTGold® Human Platelet Lysate (Clinical Grade) | PLTGold® Human Platelet Lysate (Gamma Irradiated) | |
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Application | Research | Clinical | Clinical |
Gamma irradiated | No | No | Yes |
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An effective supplement for maintaining human cell health, expansion and growth
Bio-Pure HSA | HSA | |
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HSA | 10% | 20% |
Origin | Xeno-free | Xeno-free |
Treated | Yes | Yes |
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Microcarriers are used to optimize the surface-to-volume ratio of any cell culture with adherent cells.
| Hillex® II | Plastic | Plastic Plus | Collagen | FACT III | |
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| Description | Modified Polystyrene | Cross-linked Polystyrene | Cross-linked Polystyrene | Cross-linked Polystyrene | Cross-linked Polystyrene |
| Size Range | 150 – 210 µm | 90 – 212 µm | 125 – 212 µm | 90 – 212 µm | 125 – 212 µm |
Nominal Surface Area | 515 cm2 | 360 – 480 cm2 | 360 cm2 | 360 – 480 cm2 | 360 cm2 |
| Contains Animal Protein | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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Promoting and Protecting Cell Health
Preclinical and GMP Growth Factors and Cytokines
Preclinical and GMP growth factors and cytokines are widely used in cell and gene therapy for immune and stem cell applications, including activation, expansion, and differentiation.
- High lot-to-lot consistency — save time and costs on revalidations
- Performance reliability
- High purity to enhance the safety of your ATMP
- Extremely low endotoxin levels improve reproducibility
NutriFreez® Cryopreservation Solutions
- Optimized to protect a wide range of human and animal-derived cell types such as primary cells, lymphocytes and stem cells
- Enhanced cell viability and recovery
- Animal component-free formulations
- Widely referenced
- Manufactured in accordance with applicable cGMP guidelines
- Suitable for clinical applications
- DMF available
Matrices and Substrates | Attachment Solutions
Sartorius offers an attachment and matrix factor to facilitate the attachment, spreading, growth, morphology, differentiation, and motility of your cells in a controlled xeno-free or animal component-free environment.
- Specialty, defined solution for human mesenchymal stem cells
- Promote cellular survival and expansion
- Easy to use
- Manufactured in accordance with applicable cGMP guidelines
Nexagel
High performance hydrogel for high performing 3D cell cultures.
Our cutting-edge, xeno-free *NexaGel® hydrogel system closely mimics the natural extracellular matrix (ECM), offering an exceptional balance of biological functionality and ease of use.
Cell Dissociation Solutions
Sartorius offers recombinant trypsin solutions for detaching adherent cells from a culture surface.
- Replaces porcine trypsin and avoids animal-related variability and contamination
- No protocol changes necessary
- Optimized for sensitive cell types, a critical characteristic in preventing harsh effects for downstream processing
- Defined, animal component-free
- Ready-to-use
- Manufactured in accordance with applicable cGMP guidelines
Quality Cell Culture Supplements
Ultroser G
Ultroser™ G serum is a semi-defined serum substitute which can successfully replace FCS (fetal calf serum) in cell culture medium. It is designed for the in vitro culture of anchorage-dependent cells and is for in vitro research cell culture use only.
- Semi-defined composition ensuring batch-to-batch reproducibility and therefore no need for batch testing
- Low protein content
- Easy use and storage
Recombumin® Recombinant Human Albumin
The Recombumin® product portfolio consists of the highest quality animal and human-origin-free recombinant human albumins commercially available. Recombumin® recombinant albumin's purity, safety and consistency enable you to formulate with confidence.
- Quality & consistency
- Regulatory package
- Performance benefits for advanced therapies
PLTGold® Human Platelet Lysate
Human platelet lysate is an effective, high-protein supplement for human cell culture and expansion used to minimize the risk of xenogenic immune reactions or prion/zoonotic disease transmission.
- Has all the growth factors and proteins needed for cell growth
- Xeno-free, animal serum-free
- Supports excellent cell growth and proliferation
- Controlled lot-to-lot variability
- DMF available
Human Serum Albumin (HSA)
Human serum albumin is a multifunctional agent with various biological properties. Sartorius offers raw HSA as a supplement for cell cultures, as well as specially treated HSA for human stem cell culture in 10% and 20% concentrations
- Xeno-free
- Supports cell health and expansion
- Maintains cell membrane stability
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