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Cell Culture
The cell is the building block of living organisms and holds the information that is highly representative of the whole organism.
Cell culture is a technique by which the behavior of cells can be studied independent of whole organism. In this method cells are
taken from an animal or plant and grown under controlled, favorable artificial conditions.
The process of cell culture includes the removal of cells from an animal or plant and their subsequent growth in a favorable artificial
environmental condition. The cells may be removed from the tissue directly and disaggregated by enzymatic or mechanical means
before cultivation, or may be derived from a cell line or cell strain that has already been established.
Sub culturing or passaging (or splitting) of cells refers to the processes that ensure the cells are alive and grow under cultured
conditions for extended period of time.
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References
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Additional references:
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