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Never had to work with them, but I've heard anything nice about them. Aren't they supposed to contaminating 25% of cell cultures worldwide or summink? Heard they're absolute b*****ds to transfect too...
Thought you were working with HEK?
Posted by: tideliar | July 23, 2007 06:44 AM
Yes, that's about right.
HEKs are but one of the lines I'm currently working with. Lucky me.
Posted by: BK | July 23, 2007 07:09 AM
Hi - glad you could make it into lab again. Thanks for the post about the HeLa story; it was interesting and seemed well-informed. I work with primary cultures, myself, and (touch wood) have never had a HeLa contamination, myself - although about 10 years ago, there was a yeast in the culture room that I will never forget. Bacteria, more than once, alas. Otherwise, good luck.
Posted by: Alethea | August 1, 2007 06:53 PM