(thing) by BioTech Sat Aug 10 2002 at 19:54:16
Cells from the ovaries of Chinese hamsters that are cultured and used as a host to grow viruses in the laboratory. They are especially good for growing viruses in the family Herpesviridae.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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