Culture of Animal Cells

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This immensely useful interactive, laboratory-based reference and instructional guide to techniques involved in the culture of animal cells provides a link between textual information and visual demonstrations of techniques. Special features include more than 50 step-by-step protocols for cell culture, including basic and specialized techniques, supported by detailed textual and background information. Overviews summarize the protocols, link to text, video, and supplemental material, and facilitate navigation. Estimates are given for total procedure time and duration of each step. Extensive atlases of different cell types, culture stages, equipment photos, diagrams, tables, and graphs are included. Video sequences with narration illustrate 16 basic cell culture techniques. A compendium of recipes for commonly used reagents, a global directory of commercial suppliers, guidelines for setting up a cell culture laboratory, and advice on laboratory safety and biohazards are also provided.