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A Graphical Method for comparing the Ratio of the Number of Cells to the Volume of Medium in Tissue Culture Containers of Various Sizes

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IN the course of virus yield studies it is often necessary to convert a tissue culture system from one size container to another in such a way that the ratio of the number of cells to the volume of medium remains constant. An easy way of determining the various medium volumes which will give this constant ratio is to plot the relevant data graphically.

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LARIN, N., ROBERTS, B. A Graphical Method for comparing the Ratio of the Number of Cells to the Volume of Medium in Tissue Culture Containers of Various Sizes. Nature 199, 1305–1306 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1991305a0

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