CELL CROSS-CONTAMINATION IN CELL-CULTURES - THE SILENT AND NEGLECTED DANGER

Authors
MARKOVIC O MARKOVIC N
Citation
O. Markovic et N. Markovic, CELL CROSS-CONTAMINATION IN CELL-CULTURES - THE SILENT AND NEGLECTED DANGER, In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, 34(1), 1998, pp. 1-8
Citations number
110
Categorie Soggetti
Developmental Biology","Cell Biology
Journal title
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal → ACNP
ISSN journal
10712690
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-2690(1998)34:1<1:CCIC-T>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Cell cross-contamination in cell cultures is a common problem during c ell culturing and use. Contamination invalidates research results? com promises the comparison of results between laboratories, reduces repro ducibility required in industrial production of cell lines, and may le ad to unusable therapeutic products. The problem can be solved by incr easing the awareness of its seriousness and by introducing regular qua lity control of cell cross-contamination in every laboratory where cel ls are grown and used.