Cell cultures from marine mammals.
Cell cultures grown from the gray seal Halichoerus grypus and the dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens support the replication of several human viruses. Further evidence indicates the gray seal kidney cell culture has transformed.
Cecil
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Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences, Brooklyn, New York 11224, USA.
Nigrelli
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D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004289:Dolphins; D006801:Humans; D046048:Seals, Earless; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014779:Virus Replication