cell line

noun

, Cell Biology.

1. a perpetuating strain of cells in laboratory culture.

cell line

noun

1. biology a clone of animal or plant cells that can be grown in a suitable nutrient culture medium in the laboratory

Word History and Origins

Origin of cell line¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

"Our two-layer embryo-like aggregates were the key to our success. Other studies usually use a mixture of different stem cell lines. However, the cell populations we used come from just one stem cell line. This means that they not only have an identical genetic background, but also utilise the same communication systems. You could also say that they are on the same wavelength," says Schröter.

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The Lieberman lab, in seeking to understand how EBV contributes to the development of MS, collaborated with Steven Jacobson, Ph.D., of the Neuroimmunology Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, who contributed cell line samples from patients.

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Subsequently, they assessed the properties of these esters using in vitro cell line studies.

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A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now carried out a study on a human gastric cell line.

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In APL Bioengineering, by AIP Publishing, a team of researchers from Germany and Spain used a breast cancer cell line panel and primary tumor explants from breast and cervical cancer patients to examine two different cellular contractility modes: one that generates collective tissue surface tension that keeps cell clusters compact and another, more directional, contractility that enables cells to pull themselves into the ECM.

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