Word: nutrients
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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Here, with Robbins now a member of the team, they explored the "roller tube" method of tissue culture. The simple idea was to place please of tissue in a test-tube with a special nutrient that would make the cells thrive. After observers had clearly established that the tissue cells were thriving on the nutrient tube, Robbins then injected a small amount of polio virus into the tube. To kill the tissue cells, the viruses would have to multiply in their experiments. Invariably, within one to five days the once-thriving tissue destroyed...
Meanwhile, there is the ever-present problem of finding nutrient soil in which the deb can flourish. The steady, promising young man of 30-mother's invariable choice for a son-in-law-seldom has time for the social round, so the deb for the most part must frolic with a younger, less stable type, whose main qualifications are strong legs for dancing and a talent for witty sophistication. Since such gay blades are not always reliable, the mothers at the Berkeley were busy last week grading them according to a private code. Those who rated NST (not safe...