title: The Tissue Culture Laboratory of Dr. George Otto Gey 60 yrs ago as recalled by a former student.
abstract: George Otto Gey was a pioneer in tissue culture, having introduced the roller drum, the HeLa cell line, and the use of human fetal cord serum and beef embryo extract. During his career (1920s-1960s), the field of tissue culture was in its infancy and not yet dependent upon commercial biological supply houses. While the early techniques of cell culture have been greatly improved upon, of historical interest may be personal observations of the Gey Tissue Culture Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Medical School, as recalled by a medical student working there in the 1950s. Dr. Gey served as a founding member and executive of the Tissue Culture Commission (TCC) and became the first president of the Tissue Culture Association (TCA).
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA. cambros@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Ambrose
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000266:history*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students
keywords: Antibody production; George Gey; Hopkins medical school; Margaret Gey; Tissue culture