Animal Cell Culture — Chapter Summary

Animal cell culture is the

Animal cell culture is the in vitro maintenance and proliferation of cells outside the living organism, provided that proper nutrients and growth cond

A clone is a homogeneous population

A clone is a homogeneous population of cells derived from a single parental cell. All cells in a clonal population are genetically identical.

Important milestones include balanced salt solution

Important milestones include balanced salt solution by Sydney Ringer, frog embryo nerve fibre growth by Ross Harrison, aseptic tissue culture by Alexi

Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with terminal

Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 1951. George Gey took cells from her cervix without permission, and the resulting HeLa

Culture media supply nutrients

Culture media supply nutrients, vitamins, amino acids, glucose, inorganic salts, serum, hormones, and growth factors. Natural media contain biological