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A method and apparatus for cell culture wherein cultured cells adhere and divide, in a monolayer, on an optically transparent planar electrode in the culture vessel. An electric current is applied between the planar electrode and a counter electrode so as to create an electric field between the electrodes which influences the characteristics of the cells growing thereon. In a preferred embodiment the planar electrode may be an optically transparent conducting layer coated onto the culture vessel bottom or the culture vessel may be made of an optically transparent electrically conducting material. The apparatus is particularly useful for the introduction of different biologically important molecules into cells or for cell fusion.

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