Origin of Cell-Culture Lines

To the Editor: The letter by Bogart and Jones about mislabeled cell-culture lines (Jan. 20 issue)* merits a response by the staff of the Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository. Readers may have received the impression that several cultures ordered from the repository turned out to be marmoset instead of human. In fact, only one such culture that they reported on came from the repository, and it was received by them from a secondary source. The particular culture in question was received by the repository from the submitter with the understanding that it was widely used in HLA-typing workshops. When its . . .