National Cancer Institute (source definition)
Cell Culture
General term referring to the maintenance of cell strains or lines in the laboratory.
Review and references
Automated source check (NCI definition)
2026-10-19
2026-10-28
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References
- NCI Thesaurus 26.09d — Cell Culture (C16396)
- Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16396. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
- Production of functional sperm from the red seabream (Pagrus major) ovotestis on a xenogeneic zebrafish Sertoli cell line in culture. — Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci, 2026-10-08 (PMID 42844203; literature)
- Corrigendum to "Sequential enzymatic pretreatment and Saccharomyces boulardii fermentation of cactus cladode biomass for bioactive food ingredients and cell culture serum alternatives" [Bioresour. Technol. 464 (2027) 135894]. — Bioresour Technol, 2026-10-01 (PMID 42823277; literature)
- Adaptation of suspension Vero cells to commercially available cell culture media and enhanced production of vaccine-strain mumps virus. — Biotechnol Prog, 2026-10-11 (PMID 42860675; literature)
- Comparison of the Effects of Human Amniotic Fluid-Derived Cell Culture Medium and Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells on Capsule Formation Around Silicone Prosthesis. — Aesthetic Plast Surg, 2026-10-19 (PMID 42897241; literature)
- Liquid biopsy cell analysis and ex vivo culture as effective methods of therapeutic indexing of metastasis in B[a]P-induced lung cancer mice for an active targeted quercetin therapy. — 3 Biotech, 2026-10-14 (PMID 42889222; literature)
- Rapid and convergent evolution of Wolbachia genomes in mosquito cell culture. — PLoS Pathog, 2026-10-23 (PMID 42912832; literature)
- Identical consensus genomes of bovine coronavirus in respiratory and enteric specimens from a single cow and sequence variation after cell culture passage. — Arch Virol, 2026-10-23 (PMID 42909687; literature)
- Rapid thermoforming of polycarbonate cell culture accessories from 3D printed molds. — PLoS One, 2026-10-26 (PMID 42932324; literature)
- A Hybrid Mechanistic Model Capturing Lactate Run-Away and Back-Metabolism in Mammalian Cell Culture. — Biotechnol Bioeng, 2026-10-22 (PMID 42910614; literature)
What it is
General term referring to the maintenance of cell strains or lines in the laboratory.
Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16396. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
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