Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is a critical component of many biotechnology and biochemistry systems. BSA is used in a variety of applications, including diagnostics, veterinary medical products, vaccine manufacturing, mammalian cell growth for biopharmaceutical production, and topical and ex vivo medical device applications. The impact of BSA on the performance of these systems is often overlooked and is identified as a possible root cause of variability only after extensive testing and elimination of other system components. There are many different…