Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
HCC1008 was initiated from a 67 year old Black female with a TNM stage IIA, grade 3 metastatic carcinoma; metastatic site: lymph node.
HCC1007 BL is a B lymphoblastoid cell line initiated by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transformation of peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained from the same patient as the breast carcinoma cell line HCC1008 (ATCC CRL-2320).
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