Beyond the gold standard: why STR profiling should be viewed as the starting point, not the end, of cell line authentication

Junyu Zheng; Lili Qing; Haodi Yuan; Xinrui Guo; Shengjie Nie; Linlin Liu

doi:10.20517/jtgg.2026.41

Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics ›› 2026, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2) :382 -5. DOI: 10.20517/jtgg.2026.41

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Junyu Zheng, Lili Qing, Haodi Yuan, Xinrui Guo, Shengjie Nie, Linlin Liu. Beyond the gold standard: why STR profiling should be viewed as the starting point, not the end, of cell line authentication. Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics, 2026, 10 (2) : 382-5 DOI:10.20517/jtgg.2026.41

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