A call for consensus standards to ensure the quality of cell lines
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
Mainstays of biomedical research, permanent lines of cloned cells, are used to study the biology of health and disease and to test prospective medical therapies. Yet, all too often, these apparent pillars of bioscience and biotechnology crumble because they are crafted from faulty starting materials: misidentified or cross-contaminated cell lines.