Sigma-Aldrich H6648-6X1L Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution, 6 x 1L

The essential function of Hanks' Balanced Salt solution is to maintain pH as well as osmotic balance. It also provides water and essential inorg-anic ions to cells.

Application

• Calcium and magnesium support cell adhesion. Used to minimize cell attachment or aggregation.
• Hanks' Balanced Salt solution has been used:
• to study the degradation and cytotoxic effects of the composite material and the ion and/or magnetite release from the scaffolds.
• to measure the stability of the magnetic scaffold material in bone tissue engineering.
• in Fluorometric Measurements of intracellular calcium levels [Ca2+]
• for isolating polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from umbilical cord blood
• For assessing airway inflammation in mice