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How long can we keep human cells alive outside the body?

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How long can we keep human cells alive outside the body? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. read more

Years, if frozen and stored properly, but they may not stay “alive and growing.” “Normal” human cells will eventually stop proliferating. That’s because it’s normal to stop dividing when you’ve accumulated DNA mistakes, run out of telomeres, or generally been stressed by culture. read more

With better culture conditions that more accurately replicate the body (i.e. nutrition, growth factors, hormones) they’ll grow for longer: in this chart you can see that media formulations (colors) allow for different proliferation and lengths of culture of human mammary epithelial cells. read more

Yep. This is basically how skin grafts are grown for burn victims. read more