May 18, 2017
Contamination has always been a major concern in a cell culture laboratory. Contaminants attack cell cultures in one way or another, at any time and usually without the knowledge of the laboratory workers. Consequences of their silent attacks include waste of time, effort, and money as well as erroneous experimental results. |
Contamination of your cell culture can be due to the following: |
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Contaminated glass or plastic ware |
Incubators and its components |
Contaminated culture media or reagents |
Airborne contaminants |
Contaminated cell line |
Lab environment and instruments |
Improper technique |
Operators themselves! |