It appears that the board of
the Council of Science Editors will soon address cell line
contamination at a board meeting. Although a number of
granting organizations (other than the NIH) have been following the initiative, we have deferred efforts to mobilize
them while we confer with the NIH.
Professional societies are cohesive entities that can and
should play an important role in educating the membership
with regard to the existing problem and its solution. Through
workshops and other training activities members could learn
how to use various approaches to authentication.