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Cellosaurus PNG-1 (CVCL_4J78)

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Cell line name PNG-1
Synonyms Papua New Guinea-1; Hagahai cell line
Accession CVCL_4J78
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: PNG-1 (RRID:CVCL_4J78)
Comments Group: Patented cell line.
Registration: International Depositary Authority, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC); CRL-10528.
Population: Papuan; Hagahai.
Virology: HTLV-1 isolate PNG producing cell line.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 11908; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1).
Anecdotal: The patent concerning this cell line caused a highly mediatized controversy. The cell line is derived from a member of the Hagahai people from New Guinea and it was deemed outrageous that a patent be deposited on biological material originating from an indigenous population without an explicit consent.
Derived from site: In situ; Peripheral blood; UBERON=UBERON_0000178.
Cell type: T-cell; CL=CL_0000084.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Adult
Category Transformed cell line
Web pages http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2006/05/article_0008.html
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/papua-new-guinea/national-institutes-health-and-papua-new-g
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/27/business/patents-recent-patent-papua-new-guinea-tribe-s-cell-line-prompts-outrage-charges.html
Publications

Patent=US5397696
Yanagihara R., Nerurkar V.R., Jenkins C., Miller M., Garruto R.M.
Papua New Guinea human T-lymphotropic virus.
Patent number US5397696, 14-Mar-1995

DOI=10.24135/pjr.v4i1.622
Robie D.
Cell lines and commodities: the Hagahai patent case.
Pac. Journal. Rev. 4:78-91(1997)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54947656
Entry history
Entry creation22-Sep-2015
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number13