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As a first step in providing a suitable medium for in vitro culture of snail-borne stages of trematode parasites, we have developed a suitable medium for in vitro culture of snail cells and tissues. The culture medium devised and tested in our laboratory is capable of sustaining cells and promoting growth for as long as 60 days. Presumably it will maintain snail cells and tissues for a much longer time, but lack of media has prevented us from running longer experiments.
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BURCH, J., CUADROS, C. A Culture Medium for Snail Cells and Tissues. Nature 206, 637–638 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206637b0
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