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Toxicity of Cell Culture Medium due to Filtration through Asbestos Pads

Nature volume 201, page 1242 (1964)Cite this article

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DURING investigations of tissue culture cells under various conditions of storage, it was observed that the viability of a single cell batch varied when tested with different batches of the same medium. This variation was found to be related to the order in which the medium batch was collected during filtration using standard asbestos pads.

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HOUSE, W. Toxicity of Cell Culture Medium due to Filtration through Asbestos Pads. Nature 201, 1242 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011242a0

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