Patent classifications
C12M25/10
CULTURE VESSELS CONTAINING 3D CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATES WITH DIFFUSION STRUCTURES
A cell culture device comprises a multi-well cell culture plate comprising a plurality of wells, each well comprising a top, a bottom, and a sidewall disposed between the top and the bottom and having an interior surface comprising an ultra-low attachment surface. A plurality of scaffolds are disposed within wells of the multi-well cell culture plate, each scaffold comprising a cell-adherent surface. In some embodiments, the scaffold comprises a fiber scaffold. In some embodiments, the scaffold comprises an artificial vascular scaffold. In some embodiments, cell culture devices comprise a plurality of hydrogel scaffolds disposed in a multi-well cell culture plate, the plurality of hydrogel scaffolds comprising hydrogel fibers of differing lengths, wherein opposite ends of a hydrogel fiber are disposed in different wells within the multi-well cell culture plate to create interconnected wells.
Cell Expansion
Embodiments described herein generally provide for expanding cells in a cell expansion system. The cells may be grown in a bioreactor, and the cells may be activated by an activator (e.g., a soluble activator complex). Nutrient and gas exchange capabilities of a closed, automated cell expansion system may allow cells to be seeded at reduced cell seeding densities, for example. Parameters of the cell growth environment may be manipulated to load the cells into a particular position in the bioreactor for the efficient exchange of nutrients and gases. System parameters may be adjusted to shear any cell colonies that may form during the expansion phase. Metabolic concentrations may be controlled to improve cell growth and viability. Cell residence in the bioreactor may be controlled. In embodiments, the cells may include T cells. In further embodiments, the cells may include T cell subpopulations, including regulatory T cells (Tregs), helper, naïve, memory, or effector, for example.
SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS FOR USING BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES PROVIDING COMMUNICATION IN LIVING TISSUE
A platform for creating engineered tissues includes a vascular tube that defines a vascular diameter and is configured to receive vascular system seed cells, a non-vascular tube that defines a non-vascular tube diameter and is configured to receive organ system seed cells, and a barrier formed between the vascular tube and the non-vascular tube.
BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CULTURING CELLS
In particular, the present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems and methods for culturing cells, e.g., mammalian cells, and in particular instances, mammary cells. The present disclosure describes the use of various 3D cell scaffolds, in particular hollow fiber bioreactors, for the cell seeding, proliferation and differentiation of the cells (e.g., mammalian cells such as mammary cells). The use of magnetic mechanisms for moving the cell scaffold relative to the bioreactor vessel is disclosed.
Methods and systems for in-vitro milk production
The disclosure relates to methods, systems and compositions for use in the production of milk. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to systems, compositions and methods for in-vitro production of milk using an array of mammary organoids seeded on tertiary-branched, resilient duct scaffolding.
CULTURE METHOD AND CULTURE VESSEL
A culture method comprises: filling a first well 1 and a second well 2 in a culture vessel with a culture medium for neurons, the first well 1 and the second well 2 communicating with each other through a flow channel 3; seeding the first well 1 with neurons N; culturing axons a of the neurons N until the axons a of the neurons N reach the second well 2 through the flow channel 3 and also block the flow channel 3; and thereafter removing the culture medium in the second well 2, filling the second well 2 with a culture medium for cells to be co-cultured with the neurons N, seeding cells C to be co-cultured in the second well 2, and culturing the cells C together with the axons a of the neurons N.
Methods and systems for in-vitro milk production
The disclosure relates to methods, systems and compositions for use in the production of milk. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to systems, compositions and methods for in-vitro production of milk using an array of mammary organoids seeded on tertiary-branched, resilient duct scaffolding.
CULTURE DEVICE, CULTURE METHOD AND CULTURED ORGAN PRODUCED BY THE CULTURE METHOD
A culture device and a culture method by which a substance to be cultured can be three-dimensionally cultured, and the substance thus cultured can be removed as an integrated product with multiple tubes; and a cultured organ produced by the culture method. The culture device comprises a sealed container (2) which contains the substance to be cultured (A) and is disassembled after the culture is completed; multiple ducts (3, 4, 5) arranged in the sealed container (2) and have micropore formed on the outer peripheral surface; a culture medium-feeding device (6, 7) for feeding/circulating the culture medium (B) to at least one duct (3 or 5); an excretory device (8) connected to at least one duct (4) for excreting the waste product (C) permeating into the duct (4) through the micropore of the duct (4) from the substance to be cultured to the outside of the sealed container.
Methods and systems for in-vitro milk production
The disclosure relates to methods, systems and compositions for use in the production of milk. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to systems, compositions and methods for in-vitro production of milk using an array of mammary organoids seeded on tertiary-branched, resilient duct scaffolding.
Methods and systems for in-vitro milk production
The disclosure relates to methods, systems and compositions for use in the production of milk. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to systems, compositions and methods for in-vitro production of milk using an array of mammary organoids seeded on tertiary-branched, resilient duct scaffolding.