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New Services Now AvailableThe existence of a cell line repository within Australia means that more quality control services are now available for local researchers. CellBank Australia now offers identification testing for human cell lines as a new service. This may be suitable for laboratories that establish new cell lines and wish to confirm their identity when compared to the donor's original tissue, or for researchers handling an existing cell line that wish to compare its identity to other holdings.
From the beginning of June 2008, the facility now offers identification testing of human cell lines. This identification is performed using the accepted gold standard for human sample identification, short tandem repeat (STR) profiling. Each individual carries a unique STR profile, based on variations in length of a set of tetra- or pentanucleotide repeats. These STR profiles are reproduced in the cell lines derived from any one individual, meaning that each cell line can be checked against its donor tissue or against other holdings of the same cell line to confirm its identity.
Currently STR profiling is available at this facility only for human cell lines. Species identification is performed for non-human cell lines, but this testing is not yet available as a service.
For more information on identification testing, please click here. |
Services Currently AvailableAs of June 2008, we now offer:
- Mycoplasma testing
- Identification testing (STR profiling)
- Culture and Return (culture of a researcher's own cell line at repository grade)
- Liquid Nitrogen storage
For more information on these services, please click here. |
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