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> from a pregnant mare I’m quite skeptical about this. How do they obtain and culture chicken cells from a horse?
by ncallaway 4y ago
> from a pregnant mare
I’m quite skeptical about this. How do they obtain and culture chicken cells from a horse?
- alocasia-1 4y agoIt's the medium, not the genes. Like someone else mentioned, it's called fetal bovine serum (presuming GP meant "cow" and not "mare") and it's used in large quantities.
- ncallaway 4y agoAh, that makes sense! Thank you! I’m much less skeptical now
- Vecr 4y agoNot the cells, but the growth medium. You need a growth medium to grow cells in a culture, because there's no support from the rest of the animal for growth. Normally the animal would provide blood, etc. to the tissue, but there is no animal in this case.