Hypoxygen Blog Culturing Cells in Ambient Air, or Normoxia, is Far From Physiological

Based on the premise that the physiological range of oxygen in tissues is between 1- 8%, and pathologies from cancer to diabetes are characterized by much lower oxygen levels, researchers worldwide are cultivating their cell cultures in the HypOxystation by Don Whitley Scientific. The HypOxystation provides physiologically relevant conditions for cell culture and manipulation to ensure authentic behavior of cells. User-defined parameters for temperature, CO2, O2 and humidity, plus the workstation format, where cells reside throughout the entire duration of the assays, minimize the extra-physiologic oxygen shock that is known to negatively impact cell metabolism and growth.