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> >From what I've read, those cell lines were developed from *2* fetuses,
> > both
>
> of which had been aborted - neither of which had been destroyed to
> construct those cell lines.  Since these cells continue to grow there is no
> need to harvest further diploid cells.


looks like fetal cells have been used since the 1930s...
http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=121&id=1820&tcode=nws3

Maryse

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