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. 1981;67(1):101-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF01314608.

Human embryonic lung cells (HEL-R66) are of monkey origin

W A Nelson-Rees, D W Daniels, R R Flandermeyer

Human embryonic lung cells (HEL-R66) are of monkey origin

W A Nelson-Rees et al. Arch Virol. 1981.

Abstract

Two cultures of cells designated HEL-R66, presumable of human origin, revealed monkey instead of human cell characteristics, including chromosomes, isoenzyme mobility pattern and species-specific cell membrane antigen.

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