Re: Miroslav Hill responds

From: Derek Gatherer (d.gatherer@vir.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Mon 28 Nov 2005 - 08:50:45 GMT

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    Before you start fulminating, Ted, I suggest you re-read Hill's paper. (bottom of p212 and the first paragraph of 213). Then reread his replay.

    At 21:26 27/11/2005, you wrote:
    > > From: Derek Gatherer <d.gatherer@vir.gla.ac.uk>
    > >
    > > Just ask him. I think you'll find the reply interesting.
    >
    >As I expected, Dr. Hill says the cultures went into clean flasks. I
    >refrained from passing on your question because, frankly, it's insulting.
    >Of course he used clean flasks! The man is a highly respected scientist.
    >He's obviously not going to put his cultures into used flasks. Fortunately
    >I didn't have to send him your question as he found it himself on the web
    >and graciously passed on his answer to me. Here's his post:
    >
    >Dear Ted Dace,
    >
    >Incidentally, I have stumbled on the question by Dr. Gatherer who wrote:
    >"What I'd like to ask Dr Hill is, when he splits the unexposed culture, do
    >the cells to be exposed to the agent go into the same flask as the previous
    >exposure was carried out in? Or is the exposure culture set up in a clean
    >flask each time?".
    >
    >The answer is as follows: At each passage, the cells are split into two
    >subpopulations. One of them (a small one) goes into a clean flask with
    >growth (nontoxic) medium and the other one (the large one) into a clean
    >flask with toxic medium.
    >
    >Dr. Gatherer can send next questions directly to me on my address
    >hill@infobiogen.fr. I am not used to forum discussions on the Internet
    >though I read my email.
    >
    >Sincerely yours,
    >Dr. Miroslav Hill
    >
    > > At 22:51 22/11/2005, you wrote:
    > > > > From: Derek Gatherer <d.gatherer@vir.gla.ac.uk>
    > > > >
    > > > > What I'd like to ask Dr Hill is, when he splits the unexposed
    > > > > culture, do the cells to be exposed to the agent go into the same
    > > > > flask as the previous exposure was carried out in? Or is the
    > > > > exposure culture set up in a clean flask each time?
    > > >
    > > >Your question seems to be irrelevant. Even if Hill failed to switch out
    >the
    > > >flask into which he placed the exposed culture (a doubtful prospect) how
    > > >would this result in contanimation of unexposed cultures?
    > >
    >
    >
    >
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