African Green Monkey Kidney Cell

A cell line taken from the kidneys of the African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, and used to grow certain viruses (e.g., poliovirus and influena A and B) for vaccine production.

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(Columbia, MD; 301-854-3900) announced it has been granted United States Patent 6,025,182 "Method for Producing a Virus from an African Green Monkey Kidney Cell Line" developed by Louis Potash, PhD, director of the Novavax biomedical services division.

Novavax receives important patent covering the production of viral vaccines in a proprietary cell line

Solange Gennari, USP) foram inoculados em oito cultivos celulares: cultivo primario de rim, pulmao e testiculo bovino; celulas MDBK (Madin Darby bovine kidney), MDCK (Madin Darby canine kidney), RK-13 (rabbit kidney), MA-104 (African Green Monkey kidney cells) e VERO (African Green Monkey kidney cells).

Susceptibility of cell lines and primary cell cultures to Neospora caninum/Suscetibilidade de linhagens celulares e cultivos primarios ao Neospora caninum

But now a line of African green monkey kidney cells known as Vero cells has been cleared for use in reverse genetics.