Dulbecco′s Modified Eagle′s Medium (DMEM) is a modification of Basal Medium Eagle (BME) that contains four-fold concentrations of the amino acids and vitamins. The original formulation contained 1000 mg/L of glucose and was used to culture embryonic mouse cells. Since then, it has been modified in several ways to support primary cultures of mouse and chicken cells, as well as a variety of normal and transformed cells. Each of these media offers a different combination of L-glutamine and sodium pyruvate. Additionally, the glucose levels have been raised to 4500 mg/L, contributing to the name "DMEM/High".

Dulbecco′s Modified Eagle′s Medium - high glucose has been used as the culture medium for various cell types including the human cervical endocervical epithelial End1/E6E7 cells, human adenocarcinoma epithelial cells (HeLa), human alveolar adenocarcinoma epithelial cells (A549), human osteosarcoma epithelial cells, human diploid cell line , primary hepatocytes and synovial tissue

Formulated to contain 13.4 grams of powder per liter of medium.

Supplement with 3.7 g/L sodium bicarbonate.