Thanks to Jennifer Byrne and Retraction Watch for highlighting a very important topic of reproducibility, misspelling of reagent and resource names. As Dr. Byrnes points out, these ghost cell lines take a life of their own, most likely, as they are shared between labs. This makes it impossible to check for authenticity of the cell line and is associated with significant mistakes in the literature.
To combat this, Byrnes suggests that all papers using cell lines, check the cell line names with the authority, Cellosaurus, and add the RRID to each cell line used, that way the information about the cell line is accurate.
We could not agree more, thank you for highlighting how RRIDs can help clean up the scientific literature.
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/03/11/misspelled-cell-lines-take-on-new-lives-and-why-thats-bad-for-the-scientific-literature/