Apparatus for growing vertebrate skin in vitro

Details Apparatus for growing vertebrate skin in vitro Apparatus for growing vertebrate skin in vitro

1997-07-25

1999-06-22

Lankford, Jr., Leon B.

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Apparatus

435325, 623 15, C12N 500, C12N 502, A61F 210

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ABSTRACT:
A method of growing complete vertebrate skin in vitro, which comprises obtaining a segment of vertebrate skin, positioning the skin segment in an artificial cell-growth medium containing sufficient nutrients to maintain growth of cells of the skin, and subjecting the skin segment to stretching forces while the skin segment is in the medium. Skin produced by the method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are also part of the present invention.

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