eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-10-25 8 October Spl Edition 27 31 10.13005/bpj/647 4182 article Priyadarshini T B.D.S 1 N. Aravindha Babu 2 K. M. K. Masthan 2 Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Ratinamangalam, Chennai Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology(COCPAR), Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University , Chennai. Cell culture is in a limelight for past two decades because of its demand by pharmaceutical companies and cell biologist. Applicability of cell culture can vary from normal cell function to cancer treatment. It is a firm belief that cell culture will be the future trend form drug development to organ development. Hence it is inevitable for us to have knowledge on cell culture. Present article throws a light on basic idea on cell culture. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8octoberspledition/cell-culture-an-insight-view/ cell culture normal cell function cancer treatment pharmaceutical companies