A variety of cell line characterization methods have been useful in the detection of cross-contamination and/or misidentification of cell lines. These include karyotyping, isoenzyme analysis, DNA properties, viral susceptibility, and specific antigenicity.
Millipore said today that it has awarded Jeanne Loring, a prominent stem cell researcher at the Scripps Research Institute, a $150,000 grant to support her research in the area of microRNA-based induction of pluripotency in stem cells.