摘要 |
A first embodiment of a cell culture system has a cell death accelerator comprising one or more cell death inducing substances, including serum albumin, hemoglobin, glycine and glutamic acid. In a second embodiment a cell death inhibitor comprises one or more kinds of cell death inhibiting substances which include mercapto group containing amino acids, other mercapto group containing compounds and tryptophan. In a third embodiment a cell death inhibitor comprises an inhibitor of RNA or protein synthesis, optionally augmented with a thiol. The system can be applied to selectively induce death of cultured cells, such as neoplastic cell lines, or to inhibit death of other cells, such as neoplastic cell lines or non-neoplastic cells such as brain cells. |