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  1. Jul 2018
    1. On 2014 Jul 31, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:

      The authors use HeLa, KB and MCF-7 as examples of human cancer cell lines. However, KB is known to be cross-contaminated with HeLa and so is cervical, not oral. For a list of cross-contaminated or otherwise misidentified cell lines, see http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.


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  2. Feb 2018
    1. On 2014 Jul 31, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:

      The authors use HeLa, KB and MCF-7 as examples of human cancer cell lines. However, KB is known to be cross-contaminated with HeLa and so is cervical, not oral. For a list of cross-contaminated or otherwise misidentified cell lines, see http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.


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