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   / ____|   | | |
  | |     ___| | | ___  ___  __ _ _   _ _ __ _   _ ___
  | |    / _ \ | |/ _ \/ __|/ _` | | | | '__| | | / __|
  | |___|  __/ | | (_) \__ \ (_| | |_| | |  | |_| \__ \
   \_____\___|_|_|\___/|___/\__,_|\__,_|_|   \__,_|___/


This is the release notes for Cellosaurus version 55 of March 2026

1) Statistics

167186 cell lines (122835 human, 31079 mouse, 3233 rat)
   904 species represented
126775 synonyms
471228 cross-references to 115 resources (cell line catalogs, databases, ontologies, etc.)
169465 references to 29959 distinct publications (papers, patents, theses, etc.)
 15920 web links

  9267 human, mouse and dog cell lines with STR profiles (from 961 distinct sources)

  2598 NCIt and 1403 ORDO (Orphanet) disease terms cited
   847 UBERON, 277 CL and 11 terms cited

Since release 54 of November 2025:
    59 entries were created
  2572 entries were updated

There have been no format changes and no DR line changes in this release.

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Cellosaurus team
CALIPHO group
SIB - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Geneva; Switzerland
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