Finding the Solution.

LIFE sciences; MENINGES; SOLUTION (Chemistry); CHLORIDE ions; PERSPIRATION

The researchers eventually succeeded using this approach - like Ringer, they identified chemicals in their "soup" that might have helped the cells grow - but they aren't yet at a stage where they really understand why their cell culture worked as it did. The process of trying to grow such rare cells is exponentially more complex than anything Ringer was doing, yet Ringer's basic ingredients can still be found in this and any cell-culture medium. COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS On May 31, 1882, Sydney Ringer rushed into his small laboratory in the Department of Physiology at University College London. [Extracted from the article]

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