1. Introduction: Validation of cell lines

   • Otto-Wilhelm Merten
   • Ian Freshney

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 53 - 53

2. Cell line provenance

   • R. Ian Freshney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 67

3. False cell lines: The problem and a solution

   • John R. Masters

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 74

4. Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures: Incidence, sources, effects, detection, elimination, prevention

   • Hans G. Drexler
   • Cord C. Uphoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 90

5. Virus contaminations of cell cultures – A biotechnological view

   • O.-W. Merten

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 116

6. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and tissue cell culture

   • D. N. Galbraith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124