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ALTHOUGH there have been a number of attempts to culture insect cells in vitro, with some successful results1,2, these investigations have mainly been on organ growth, cell survival and parabiotic development. In recent years, Wyatt3 and Grace4,5 have attempted to culture insect tissues to study their multiplication and for the titration of insect virus, and to investigate the process of virus transmission by insects. Their techniques seem to be extremely useful for the solution of problems of insect genetics as biochemical, physiological, morphological, and pathological procedures.
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HORIKAWA, M., KURODA, Y. In vitro Cultivation of Blood Cells of Drosophila melanogaster in a Synthetic Medium. Nature 184, 2017–2018 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1842017b0
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