Talk:HEK cell

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I'm all but certain that 'HEK' always means 'HEK 293'. I've never heard of any other kind of HEK cell line, and although it's technically possible to grow new primary cultures of human embryonic kidneys, it's not the kind of thing you'd do if you could possibly avoid it (human embryonic kidneys are difficult to come by, the paperwork's a nightmare, and epithelia are a bugger to grow anyway!).

If i'm wrong, we'll need to split the definitions of HEK and HEK 293. Everything on this page is about HEK 293s.

-- Tom Anderson 2006-03-11

I redirected the 293 cell page (currently describing HEK 293 cells in little detail) to the HEK cell page. They are both referencing the same cell line.

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