Cellosaurus - Questions/answers relevant to cell lines
Introduction
We try to answer questions pertinent to cell lines on three different platforms: BioStars, Quora and ResearchGate. This page provides links to these questions and their respective answers. Questions specific to one or a small number of cell lines are not listed here but can be found as web links in the corresponding Cellosaurus entries.
Questions
- Where can I find a list of cell lines and a description of which type of research each one is suitable for? [Quora]
- Which materials are there to learn about mammalian cell culture and laboratory practices? [Quora]
- How to find out whether cell lines are verified? [BioStars]
- Anyone experienced with STR analysis for cell line authentication? [ResearchGate]
- Which cell lines are actually mislabeled HeLa cells? [Quora]
- How and where I could obtain the clinical data for the cell lines from the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia? [BioStars]
- Is there a set of 'official' cell line identifiers? [BioStars]
- Is there a way to access the ATCC cell collection programmatically? [BioStars]
- Which cells/cell lines are used for schizophrenia study? [Quora]
- How can I get a cell line from a patient's blood? [Quora]
- What are the most common insect cell lines? [Quora]
- Is it possible to construct a nematode cell line? [Quora]
- Is there any other cancer cell line from rabbit except VX2? [ResearchGate]
- Who owns cell lines? Who makes them? What licenses do cell banks have in order to be authorized to sell those cell lines? Which organization is responsible for issuing such licenses? [Quora]
- Which is an appropriate papillary thyroid cancer cell line with the BRAF V600E mutation to work on? [ResearchGate]
- Do Henrietta Lacks descendants share her unique cells? [Quora]
- What did HeLa cells help do? How are cells in general used to make vaccines? [Quora]