Serum-free mouse embryo (SFME) cells are derived
in medium in which serum is replaced with growth
factors and other supplements. They display unusual
properties. They do not lose proliferative potential
or show gross chromosomal aberration upon extended
culture, they depend on epidermal growth factor (EGF)
for survival, and are reversibly...
Mouse embryo cells cultured in vitro in serum-supplemented media undergo growth
crisis, resulting in the loss of genomically normal cells prior to the appearance of
established, aneuploid cell lines. I used the technique of serum-free cell culture to develop
a serum-free mouse embryo (SFME) cell line in which serum was...