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Researchers spell out steps to authenticate cell lines
A new method for labeling cell lines and checking their quality could improve the validity of study results.

Researchers spell out steps to authenticate cell lines
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced a plan to pour $50 million into data science projects intended to investigate the condition’s causes, but the initiative’s short timeline and other atypicalities have prompted questions.