Consensus Report Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS): Past – Present – Future

Jan van der Valk, Karen Bieback, Christiane Buta, Brett Cochrane Wilhelm G. Dirks, Jianan Fu, James J. Hickman, Christiane Hohensee, Roman Kolar, Manfred Liebsch, Francesca Pistollato, Markus Schulz, Daniel Thieme, Tilo Weber, Joachim Wiest, Stefan Winkler and Gerhard Gstraunthaler The 3Rs-Centre Utrecht Life Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany; SET Foundation, Frankfurt a. M., Germany; Animal Free Research UK, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; Leibniz-Institute DSMZ, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany; PAN-Biotech Ltd, Aidenbach, Germany; NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA; Invitro+Jobs, The Federal Association of People for Animal Rights Germany (PARG), Aachen, Germany; Animal Welfare Academy, German Animal Welfare Federation, Neubiberg, Germany; Königs Wusterhausen, Germany; Directorate F – Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, VA, Italy; BASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Department of Ophthalmology, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; cellasys GmbH, Kronburg, Germany; Institute of Applied Cell Culture (IAZ), Munich, Germany; Division of Physiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria