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they could cultivate it in cell culture.
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They found that certain cells,
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in particular, epithelial cells from monkey kidneys,
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were very effective at propagating the virus.
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So, you would grow these monkey kidney cells in culture,
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you would add some virus to the culture broth,
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the cells would become infected,
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the virus would go through its life cycle.
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The cells would be basically little reactors
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for generating lots of virus
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so you could make lots of virus to study.
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Jonas Salk, who probably you've heard the name,