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Long-term passage of human tissues in vitro as three-dimensional histolines

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  1. Department of Experimental Therapeutics Grace Cancer Drug Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, 14263, Buffalo, New York

    Harry K. Slocum, Kàroly Tòth, Sung-Goo Chang & Youcef M. Rustum

  2. AntiCancer, Inc., 5325 Metro Street, 92110, San Diego, California

    Lingna Li & Robert M. Hoffman

  3. Laboratory of Cancer Biology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 0609F, 92093, La Jolla, California

    Robert M. Hoffman

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Slocum, H.K., Tòth, K., Li, L. et al. Long-term passage of human tissues in vitro as three-dimensional histolines. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 28, 573–577 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631025

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