title: Characterization of a new human diploid cell strain, IMR-90.
abstract: A new human diploid fibroblast-like cell line has been established from lung tissue of a female fetus. This has been frozen away in large quantity and characterized for use in research and related purposes. This is the first of a planned series of human cell lines to be established, characterized, and banked in large quantity in support of the National Institute on Aging research and general cell biology.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D004171:Diploidy; D005615:Freezing; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D014776:Virus Cultivation
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens