Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) is used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue samples, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents. Formulations with calcium and magnesium are generally used as transport media, or for reagent preparation. Concentrated forms of Gibco™ HBSS require sodium bicarbonate addition, pH adjustment, and filtration at the time of preparation (see protocol for details).
We offer a variety of Gibco™ HBSS formulations for a range of cell culture applications.
With | Without |
• Calcium | • Phenol Red |
• Magnesium | • Sodium Bicarbonate |
• Glucose |
The complete formulation is available.