CELL TRANSFORMATION into a tumor cell. “Our definitions were not universally accepted nor has anyone else been able to bring order out of the current terminological chaos, including heroic efforts by several nomenclature committees established by the Tissue Culture Association. Because of this, today, the scientific literature in this field is virtually unintelligible.”
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