DMEM, it’s got what cells crave!
Cherry Flavour!
Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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pennomi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
bonenode@piefed.social 2 days ago
I’m more an RPMI guy myself. 1640 of course.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 days ago
Great vintage!
AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
This isn’t my field but like it shouldn’t be horrible to drink a little sip of this right? It’s just salts and amino acids and sugar, so I’d expect worst case scenario you majorly throw off your electrolyte balance and possibly give your kidneys and liver a lot of amino acids to get rid of. But that’d probably require drinking a significant amount yes?
Anyone with more bio knowledge want to correct or confirm this hypothesis?
FreeBeard@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
It’s very bad scientific practice to eat anything in the lab. In this case it is also a bad idea because the clean up often uses nasty chemicals that are very much unsafe to eat. However if the clean up worked as the company wanted it to, its save. Single cells are externally vulnerable and thrive in this stuff. Your digestive system is a wonder of bio chemistry and will most likely show no sign of irritation.
Iunnrais@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can’t you swap out DMEM for sports drinks anyway (with the Japanese brand Green Dakara being the best replacement)? That implies DMEM is basically a sports drink itself, if you think about it.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 days ago
It is a sports drink for cells!
patrlim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
It’s got what plants crave
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
What is it supposed to be for?
megopie@beehaw.org 2 days ago
It’s a growth medium for culturing cells. It’s a mix of sugars, salts, and amino acids, often with other nutrients.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
patrlim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
It’s got what plants crave
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 2 days ago
it’s basically food for cells living in a petri dish iirc
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 days ago
Often served as a cocktail with some FBS.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Hey, it’s all proteins. Do you want to get as muscular as a cow or not?!
Sickos@hexbear.net 2 days ago
I am made of cells
ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
The reason is that you can take the same people and slide the panels to the left iteratively.
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
The safety data sheet says nothing about not drinking it…