Millipore Corp. has announced an initiative to provide “Stem Cell Tested” products. Many of the company’s filter products will be validated for use on stem cells. The Stericup filter with Express PLUS membrane is the first available under this initiative. After filtering media through a Stericup with Express PLUS membrane, stem cells are passaged five times and tested for pluripotency with no negative effect. These filter cups combine a filter unit with a receiver flask and cap for processing and storage. Supplied sterile and ready-to-use, the filter cup offers fast flow with high throughput and low protein binding ensures key growth factors and proteins are not absorbed. When used in conjunction with ExpressPLUS membranes and media, Stericup offers a solution for stem cell culture that eliminates the concern over whether filtering complete media will remove valuable factors or add deleterious components to the growth media.
