Unfortunately, MEM isn't the best medium for lymphocyte culture. Please consider to use RPMI cell culture medium fortified with glutamine, pyruvate, non-essential amino acids, beta-mercaptoethanol and Hyclone FBS (i.e. "complete" medium) as per:
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