Three esophageal cancer cell lines commonly used in research prove to be from other cancers

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 16:49 in Health & Medicine

Three frequently used human esophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines used for research were confirmed as being from other tumor types, according to a brief communication published online January 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Two of the cell lines have been used in 11 U.S. patents and more than 100 published studies.

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