Cell culture

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Epithelial cells being cultured

Cell culture is a way to grow cells in a laboratory. This is done by taking the cells in an early stage of development, and getting them to divide. An example of this is plant cuttings when roots grow out of a sprig.Also used in IVF when the overies are take and fertilised with the sperm in the dish.