Cell preservative solution
First Claim
1. An aqueous alcohol-buffer solution for maintaining the structural integrity of mammalian cells in vitro, said solution comprisingA. a water-miscible alcohol in an amount sufficient to fix mammalian cells,B. an anti-clumping agent in an amount sufficient to prevent the mammalian cells from clumping in said solution, andC. a buffering agent which maintains said solution, with the mammalian cells, at a pH range of between about two to about seven.
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Abstract
An aqueous alcohol buffer solution for substantially ambient, in vitro preservation of mammalian cells for a selected duration. The solution generally contains a water-miscible alcohol in an amount sufficient to fix the sample cells without coagulation, an anti-clumping agent, and a buffer agent to maintain the solution at a pH within a range of four to seven.
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1. An aqueous alcohol-buffer solution for maintaining the structural integrity of mammalian cells in vitro, said solution comprising
A. a water-miscible alcohol in an amount sufficient to fix mammalian cells, B. an anti-clumping agent in an amount sufficient to prevent the mammalian cells from clumping in said solution, and C. a buffering agent which maintains said solution, with the mammalian cells, at a pH range of between about two to about seven.
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10. An aqueous alcohol-buffer solution for maintaining the structural integrity of mammalian cells in vitro, said solution comprising, by volume,
A. about forty-five to fifty-five percent methanol, B. about two to four percent acetic acid, and C. about six to eight percent sodium acetate buffer.
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