# OnCo record idea-tr2-cell-line-authentication-mandate (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-tr2-cell-line-authentication-mandate/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-tr2-cell-line-authentication-mandate" ;
  schema:name "Prove your cell lines are what you say they are, or the paper is not published"@en ;
  schema:description "A large share of cancer research has been done on cells that were mislabelled or contaminated. A cheap DNA fingerprint test can prove identity; journals and funders should require it."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-tr2-cell-line-authentication-mandate/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/>, <https://www.cellosaurus.org/> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/collections/cancer-models/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-tr2-cell-line-passport/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-reproducibility/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-preclinical-models/> .
