Tissue culture
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Epithelial cells being cultured
Tissue culture or cell culture is a way to grow cells in a laboratory. Cells are taken, and put into in a flask or Petri dish. They are grown on a growth medium, sometimes an agar plate. The cells divide, and can be treated in various ways. This is done for a number of purposes: [1][2]
- Growing bacteria or fungi for experiments or for identification. An example would be growing bacteria to see what antibiotics they are resistant to.
- Growing cells of plants or animals for various experimental purposes.
- Plant cuttings can be grown: roots grow out of a sprig.
- IVF when eggs are taken and fertilized with sperm in the dish.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Some landmarks in the development of tissue and cell culture". Retrieved 2006-04-19.
- ↑ "Cell culture". Retrieved 2006-04-19.
