Sunday, 24 June 2012

University of Colorado Cancer Center study finds misidentified and contaminated cell lines lead to faulty cancer science

NCI Cancer Center News

Modern cancer therapies start in cells ? researchers compare cancer samples to healthy cells to discover how cancer is genetically different, and use cell lines to test promising new drugs. However, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published this week in the journal Gynecologic Oncology shows that due to a high rate of contamination, misidentification and redundancy in widely available cell lines, researchers may be drawing faulty conclusions.

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