[Programs and goals of the CMEA Reference Center for Permanent Cell Lines at the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute for Animal Diseases Insel Riems].

Multilateral economic as well as techno-scientific cooperation is in a process of persistent expansion between the member countries of CMEA. This is the background against which the need for as well as the programme and the scientific, political, and economic importance of a reference centre for permanent cell lines (cell bank) at CMEA level are described. The centre is attached to Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut für Tierseuchenforschung which is run under the umbrella of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the GDR.