The use of pregnancy serum to obtain trophoblastic cell cultures.
A method for obtaining trophoblastic cell cultures from first-trimester human placental villi is described. The essential feature of the method is the use of serum from a pregnant woman in the culture medium. Using this technique, pure cultures of trophoblastic cells are produced in 88 per cent of cases.
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Semmelweis University, Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
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D001769:Blood; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002824:Chorionic Villi; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014327:Trophoblasts
D003470:Culture Media