Introduction Cell line derived from fish has been established as a promising tool for studying
many key issues of aquaculture covering fish growth, disease, reproduction, genetics, and …

FISH‐BOL, the Fish Barcode of Life campaign, is an international research collaboration that
is assembling a standardized reference DNA sequence library for all fishes. Analysis is …

Cell-line misidentification and contamination with microorganisms, such as mycoplasma,
together with instability, both genetic and phenotypic, are among the problems that continue …

Background Xenograft samples used to test anti-cancer drug efficacies and toxicities in vivo
contain an unknown mix of mouse and human cells. Evaluation of drug activity can be …

Continuous cell lines consist of cultured cells derived from a specific donor and tissue of
origin that have acquired the ability to proliferate indefinitely. These cell lines are well …

Cell line misidentification, contamination and poor annotation affect scientific reproducibility.
Here we outline simple measures to detect or avoid cross-contamination, present a …

Background Age, reproductive history, hormones, genetics, and lifestyle are known risk
factors for breast cancer, but the agents that initiate cellular changes from normal to …

Different genomic technologies have been applied to cell line authentication, but only one
method (short tandem repeat [STR] profiling) has been the subject of a comprehensive and …

Conditioned medium (CM) derived from engineered cells often facilitates the cost-effective
culture of a variety of stem cells. Growing emphasis on the importance of rigor and …

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), a deltaretrovirus, causes B-cell leukemia/lymphoma in cattle
and is prevalent in herds globally. A previous finding of antibodies against BLV in humans …