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. 2013 Oct;65(5):791-3.
doi: 10.1007/s10616-013-9633-8. Epub 2013 Aug 22.

A plea to reduce or replace fetal bovine serum in cell culture media

Gerhard Gstraunthaler  1 , Toni Lindl, Jan van der Valk
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A plea to reduce or replace fetal bovine serum in cell culture media

Gerhard Gstraunthaler et al. Cytotechnology. 2013 Oct.
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