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MRC-5 (Medical Research Council cell strain 5) is a diploid human cell culture line composed of fibroblasts derived from lung tissue. The cell line was developed in the United Kingdom, in 1966 by J.P. Jacobs and colleagues.

taken from a 14-week male fetus

medium to grow; parameters

controversy over use of fetal cell line? (if so, include Vatican position?)

References

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v227/n5254/abs/227168a0.html

http://who.int/biologicals/areas/vaccines/WHO_reference_cell_banks/en/

External links

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http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development