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Human myoblast transplantation: a simple assay for tumorigenicity
J P Tremblay1, B Roy, M Goulet
1Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Québec, Canada.
Neuromuscular Disorders : NMD
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A simple assay for tumorigenicity of myoblasts to be transplanted to Duchenne patients has been developed. The assay is based on culture in a soft agar medium for 2-3 weeks. The tumor cell line forms large cell clusters while the normal myoblasts do not proliferate and remain isolated.