Abstract:
There is provided an evaluation method for permeability of a porous membrane that separates a first flow channel and a second flow channel, the evaluation method including supplying a pressure to a liquid inside the first flow channel and acquiring a change that occurs in a liquid accommodated in the second flow channel as an evaluation indicator of permeability of the porous membrane.
Abstract:
An object of the invention is to provide a cartilage regenerative material that suppresses infiltration of fibrous soft tissue and brings about satisfactory cartilage regeneration, and a method for producing the cartilage regenerative material. Provided is a cartilage regenerative material including a porous body of a biocompatible polymer and a biocompatible polymer film, in which the porous body contains chondrocytes and cartilage matrix, and the cartilage matrix exists in a region of 10% or more of a region extending from the surface of the transplant face of the porous body to a depth of 150 μm along the thickness.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cell construct for cell transplantation that does not contain a substance having cytotoxicity, such as glutaraldehyde, and suppresses the necrosis of the transplanted cells in the construct (namely, having a high cell survival rate). The present invention provides a cell construct for cell transplantation comprising biocompatible polymer blocks that do not contain glutaraldehyde and at least one type of cells, wherein a plurality of biocompatible polymer blocks are disposed in gaps among a plurality of cells, and wherein the biocompatible polymer blocks have a tap density of 10 mg/cm3 or more and 500 mg/cm3 or less, or the value of the square root of the cross-sectional area/boundary length in the two-dimensional sectional image of the polymer block is 0.01 or more and 0.13 or less.
Abstract:
Provided is a microchannel device including a first microchannel that is formed in a first channel member, a second microchannel that is formed in a second channel member and at least a portion of which overlaps the first microchannel in plan view with a step portion formed between the first microchannel and the second microchannel, a porous membrane that has a plurality of holes penetrating the porous membrane in a thickness direction and is disposed between the first channel member and the second channel member to partition the first microchannel and the second microchannel, and a reinforcing member that is provided between the first channel member or the second channel member and the porous membrane, is higher in stiffness than the porous membrane, and reinforces at least a portion of the porous membrane that faces the step portion.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cell-containing composition capable of suppressing the outflow of the cells after transplantation and improving the survival rate of the cells. The present invention provides a composition which comprises any of bone marrow stromal cell-derived neural precursor cells, bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells, or bone marrow stromal cell-derived skeletal muscle cells; and a biocompatible polymer.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cell-containing composition capable of suppressing the outflow of the cells after transplantation and improving the survival rate of the cells. The present invention provides a composition which comprises any of bone marrow stromal cell-derived neural precursor cells, bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells, or bone marrow stromal cell-derived skeletal muscle cells; and a biocompatible polymer.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a production method of a myocardial cell layer, and a myocardial cell layer, in which myocardial cells can be matured without using a complicated control device and can be maintained for a long period of time, and to provide a kit for evaluating a pharmaceutical candidate substance, a transplantation material, and an evaluation method of a pharmaceutical candidate substance. According to the present invention, there is provided a production method of a myocardial cell layer including the following steps (1) to (3).
(1) seeding a myocardial cell induced from a pluripotent stem cell in a single layer on a seeding surface having a shape shown in the following (1-1) to form a myocardial cell layer, (1-1) in a case where spread of the seeding surface in a horizontal direction is a plane figure, a shape thereof is a shape obtained by hollowing out at least a part of a first plane figure of an optional shape having uniform spread in a second plane figure of another optional shape having uniform spread without contacting an outer periphery of the first plane figure of the optional shape, where an average value of a length of the outer periphery of the first plane figure and a length of an outer periphery of the second plane figure satisfies the following formula;
in the formula, x represents the average value of the length of the outer periphery of the first plane figure and the length of the outer periphery of the second plane figure, where a unit thereof is cm, and v represents a conduction velocity of the myocardial cell induced from the pluripotent stem cell, where a unit thereof is cm·s−1, (2) circulating and proceeding an electrical signal or a calcium signal in the myocardial cell layer, and (3) culturing the cells for 8 days or more while maintaining a state of the (2).
Abstract:
An object of the invention is to provide a cartilage regenerative material that is capable of regenerating bone and cartilage using cells. Provided is a cartilage regenerative material including a cell construct, which includes biocompatible polymer blocks and stem cells, in which a plurality of the biocompatible polymer blocks are disposed in gaps between a plurality of the stem cells.
Abstract:
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of unknown waveform data of which a determination result of superiority or inferiority based on similarity to an ideal waveform is unknown, performs a determination of the superiority or inferiority for each of the plurality of unknown waveform data based on a plurality of teacher waveform data to which the determination result of the superiority or inferiority is linked, and outputs the superiority or inferiority of the plurality of unknown waveform data in a comparable manner.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing a cell laminate including cell layers on both surfaces of a porous membrane, using a vessel having a bottom portion and a side wall portion standing from a periphery of the bottom portion, the porous membrane, and a holding member configured to hold the porous membrane such that the porous membrane faces an inner bottom surface of the vessel and is held at a position that does not contact the inner bottom surface, the method including culturing first cells in a liquid medium that contacts the inner bottom surface of the vessel and a surface of the porous membrane, in a state in which the porous membrane is held, by the holding member, at a position that does not contact the inner bottom surface of the vessel so as to face the inner bottom surface, and in which the bottom portion of the vessel is positioned at the upper side while the porous membrane is positioned at the lower side in a direction of gravity; and culturing the first cells at a lower surface of the porous membrane and culturing second cells at an upper surface of the porous membrane, in a state in which the porous membrane is held, by the holding member, at a position that does not contact the inner bottom surface of the vessel so as to face the inner bottom surface, and in which the bottom portion of the vessel is positioned at the lower side while the porous membrane is positioned at the upper side in the direction of gravity.