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Who made an early tissue culture attempt using chick embryo tissue in 1885?

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Tissue culture often requires sterile working conditions and thus is typically performed in a laminar flow cabinet (or tissue culture hood), which circulates filtered air to reduce the risk of culture contamination. — tissue culture Tissue culture often requires sterile working conditions and thus is typically performed in a laminar flow cabinet (or tissue culture hood), which circulates filtered air to reduce the risk of culture contamination.

The German zoologist Wilhelm Roux made an early attempt at tissue culture in 1885 by cultivating tissue from a chick embryo in a warm salt solution.1