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. 2010 Oct 7;46(10):811–819. doi: 10.1007/s11626-010-9352-9

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Microscopic examination of a mixed culture of early passage, normal human fibroblasts, and HeLa cell line. The cross-contamination between normal human fibroblasts and HeLa cells (ATCC® CCL-2™) is easily detected by microscopic examination for morphology: the fibroblasts have an orbital shape while HeLa cells form rounded cell colonies.