Curbing rampant cross-contamination and misidentification of cell lines

A son's challenge started an emeritus professor of biology on a three-year odyssey to get biological researchers to correct a decades-long problem with cross-contaminated and misidentified cell lines. These errors may account for more than 15% of mammalian cultures, wasting resources and underm...

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Veröffentlicht in:BioTechniques. - 1991. - 45(2008), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 221-7
1. Verfasser: Nardone, Roland M (VerfasserIn)
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:BioTechniques
Schlagworte:Journal Article DNA, Neoplasm Isoenzymes
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Zusammenfassung:A son's challenge started an emeritus professor of biology on a three-year odyssey to get biological researchers to correct a decades-long problem with cross-contaminated and misidentified cell lines. These errors may account for more than 15% of mammalian cultures, wasting resources and undermining the integrity of research
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.11.2008
Date Revised 17.03.2022
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1940-9818