Journal of PEARLDENT
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 3

Cell culture:- A overall view

  • Author:
  • Tanoj Kr1, Rehan A2, Abu Amir3, Akhtar Riaz4,, Zaidi S.5, Nishant 6
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 31 to 36

1Professor, Dept of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Patna Dental College and Hospital

2PG student, Dept of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, UP Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow

3Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral Surgery, Azamgarh Dental College, Azamgarh, UP

4Sr. Lecturer, Dept of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital

5PhD, Srf, C.D.R.I, Lucknow

6PG student, Dept of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital

*Corresponding Author: Dr Akhtar Riaz, Sr. Lect, Career Postgraduate of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Lucknow, U.P.

Online published on 29 April, 2013.

Abstract

A single cell is the building block for human life. The genetic material of each cell in the human body – itself composed of 100 trillion cells – holds the secret to inherited diseases, such as Tay Sachs, cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease, and other complex diseases like heart disease Cell cultures and DNA can be established from blood or small fragments of tissue (biopsies). Lymphocytes (white blood cells) can be immortalized with Epstein-Barr virus and then replicated indefinitely in culture medium. Fibroblasts (cells from a skin biopsy) can be used to establish a cell line, though their growth in culture medium is time limited

Keywords

cell, culture, cell lines