Method for producing non-neoplastic, three dimensional, mammalian tissue and cell aggregates under microgravity culture conditions and the products produced therefrom
Patent Number: 5496722
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday June 30th, 1988
Date Issued: Tuesday March 5th, 1996
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC)
Inventors: Goodwin, Thomas J. (Friendswood, TX); Wolf, David A. (Houston, TX); Spaulding, Glenn F. (Houston, TX); Prewett, Tacey L. (Friendswood, TX)
This patent teaches the generation of three dimensional tissues through culture under microgravity conditions. This patent discloses several culture conditions, as well as scaffolds, that can be utilized for the generation of the three dimensional organ or organoid structure.
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