ISOLATE CULTURES. “In protozoa where an individual is isolated and continuously separated from daughter cells as they are produced (‘isolate’ cultures), mortal lineages always occur, thus settling a controversy of 50 years duration. Alleged ‘immortal’ cell lines, like HeLa, that have been cultivated continuously for decades, but never studied as isolate cultures, cannot be assumed to be immortal.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022