This property of cells in culture is called anchorage dependence - that the cell needs to be anchored to a surface in order to function properly.

体外培养细胞的这种特性,称为贴壁依赖性--,意思是细胞必须固定在,某个表面上才能正常生长

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The iPhone maker has been rumored to be diversifying its supply chain away from Samsung in order to reduce its dependence on a company that has become its fiercest rival in the mobile device space.

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Yet that is one tack James Woolsey is trying in order to reduce his country's dependence on imported oil.

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