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They can further expand no more than 3 passages in <a href=\"https:\/\/ixcellsbiotech.com\/product\/keratinocyte-growth-medium\/\">Keratinocyte Growth Medium (Cat# MD-0047)<\/a>under the condition suggested by iXCells Biotechnologies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;color: #ff7300;font-size: 16px\">Product Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0px;width: 724px;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Tissue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">Adult skin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Package Size<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">0.5&#215;10<span style=\"position: relative;font-size: 9px;line-height: 0;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em\">6<\/span>cells\/vial<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Passage Number<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">P1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Shipped<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">Cryopreserved<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">Liquid nitrogen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Growth Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\">Adherent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 132px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ixcellsbiotech.com\/product\/keratinocyte-growth-medium\/\">Keratinocyte Growth Medium (Cat# MD-0047)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;color: #ff7300;font-size: 16px\">Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">[1] McGrath JA, Eady RAJ, Pope FM. 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