Discovery kits

Qkine growth factors and cytokines have the advantage of being highly pure with guaranteed bioactivity, they are animal origin-free, tag free and carrier free for reliable, reproducible stem cell culture. All Qkine proteins adhere to our Nine-point Qkine Quality Commitment.

For cultivated meat and cellular agriculture we provide extensive quality analysis, documentation and support with novel food dossier preparation. Qkine food grade growth factors are manufactured in the UK under a food manufacturing HACCP regime. Full raw materials traceability, allergen analysis, CoO, CoA, beta-lactam-free and animal-free certification are available.

For rapid testing of multiple species FGF-2 and thermostable FGF-2 to replace human proteins in cell cultivated meat.

For rapid testing of FGF-2 with thermostable FGF-2  protein, to determine whether the short half-life of FGF-2 is impacting cell fate.

For current hiPSC media comparison with B8 media to see if your cells can be maintained as efficiently while giving you the weekends off.

For rapid testing of Beefy-9 against current serum-free bovine stem cell maintenance media to evaluate whether your bovine satellite cells can be expanded more efficiently.

For rapid optimization of your media to become entirely serum-free. This kit contains 7 growth factors commonly used in a variety of serum-free media. Use it to optimize media for your cells to fully define your media.