1. TRIAL AND ERROR.
- Author
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NEIMARK, JILL
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CELL lines , *DNA contamination , *CANCER research , *BIOLOGY experiments , *DNA fingerprinting , *SCIENTIFIC method - Abstract
The article discusses the contamination of Kentucky Ain Thyroid (KAT) lines and concerns over the use of contaminated cell lines in cancer research and subsequent publications. Topics include discovering lines that were misidentified and contaminated by other cancer cells, validating cell lines through DNA fingerprinting, and the purported difficulty in changing scientific research practices.
- Published
- 2014