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.
The line was established in April 1989 from a pleural effusion metastasis of a lung.
A lymphoblastoid line from the same patient is available as ATCC CRL-5969.
NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch Cell Line Supplement. J. Cell. Biochem. suppl. 24: 1996.
