tissue culture

noun

Definition of tissue culture

: the process or technique of making body tissue grow in a culture medium outside the organism also : a culture of tissue (such as epithelium)

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His vision for the botanical garden is to create plant research facilities, which would include a herbarium, tissue culture facilities, a nursery and greenhouses complemented by a library and computer/internet accessibility. — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Garden advocate wants Ramona Street completion off priority list," 11 July 2018 Professional growers use heat treatments and tissue culture to control viral disease. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "Grow Healthy Food By Identifying + Treating These Common Plant Diseases," 21 July 2015 That's why, in August 2016, Front Range Biosciences began developing a method of tissue culturing that avoided all these problems. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "How Cannabis Tech Can Help Build a Better Cup of Coffee," 27 Mar. 2018 Here, Hogan grows plants from seeds, cuttings and tissue culture, then ships them to all corners of the earth. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "Paradise on a standard city lot: Horticulturalist Sean Hogan to sell his Portland hideaway (photos)," 4 Jan. 2018 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a new 3-D tissue culturing system to study endometriosis with the goal of one day improving treatment. — Abby Haglage, SELF, "This 3-D Tissue Culturing System Could Change the Way Doctors Treat Endometriosis," 25 Oct. 2017

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