Talk:A549 cell
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Why are these cells so preferred?
I'm no cell biologst, but I think its the avleolar cell's affinity for absorbing and excreting that makes it so popular. The fact that it is a flat, basal cell, suitable for easy viewing through microscopes, without having to change focus to view most of the cell. This is all guesswork..
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Development and application of adenoviral vectors for gene therapy of cancer WW Zhang - Cancer Gene Therapy, 1999 - nature.com ... The benefit of using A549 cells is mainly that the cells have a high level of sensitivity and permissibility to Ad infection and replication. ...
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