Cell culture is crucial in virology for diagnosing viral diseases and producing vaccines. It involves culturing cells in controlled environments to replicate viruses and study their infection mechanisms. Recent advancements include novel cell cultures and cryopreserved cell products for improved viral diagnostics.

1. detail the importance of cell culture to the field of virology
Solution
Virology is a study of viruses and cell culture is culturing of cells under controlled conditions in
the laboratory. Traditionally cell culture based viral diagnostic products are developed to
produce vaccines.Viral disease dignosis traditionally developed using these cell cultures. Animal
cell cultures are used to replicate the viruses instead of producing vaccines.Cell culture also used
to detect and isolate viruses, study the mode of infection from viruses and development cycles.
Recent advances in using cell culture based viral diagnostic products involve use of novel cell
cultures, cryopreserved cell products etc.