What is a cell line?

Animal cell culture is a process that involves growing and maintaining animal cells in an artificial environment. It's a vital technology in many branches of life sciences.  There are two main types of animal cell cultures: Tissue culture, Suspension culture.  Cell culture techniques allow researchers to address a variety of molecular and cell biological questions. They also provide physiological conditions while avoiding the use of laboratory animals.  Cell culture has been used for biologics drug production, therapeutic platforms, and clinical relevance models for drug testing.  Here... Show more

Animal cell culture is a process that involves growing and maintaining animal cells in an artificial environment. It's a vital technology in many branches of life sciences. 

There are two main types of animal cell cultures: Tissue culture, Suspension culture. 
Cell culture techniques allow researchers to address a variety of molecular and cell biological questions. They also provide physiological conditions while avoiding the use of laboratory animals. 
Cell culture has been used for biologics drug production, therapeutic platforms, and clinical relevance models for drug testing. 

Here are some other details about animal cell culture:
Cell lines
A cell line is a group of cells that are formed from the subculture of primary culture. Cell lines are usually clonal, meaning that the entire population originated from a single common ancestor cell.
Primary cultures
Primary cultures are formed from cells that survive the disaggregation process, attach to the cell culture vessel, and proliferate. Primary cells are morphologically similar to the parent tissue.
Primary cell culture
Primary cell culture is the removal of pieces/biopsy from tissue or organs in aseptic conditions. Cells are then obtained from this biopsy via mechanic, chemical, or enzymatic digestion method. 

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