Nitta Gelatin Inc.

Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazuhiko Minamigawa

Hisayuki Kobayashi

Toshikazu Takano

Fumihito Sugihara

Yoshinobu Mandai

Kohji Nagatomi

The present invention provide: a novel process for culturing animal cells and a kit for culturing animal cells, in which, even if the number of cells as sampled for biopsy is extremely small, the proliferation can sufficiently be maintained so as to enable to carry out various culture and/or tests, especially anticancer agent sensitivity tests, and the contamination with bacteria can be inhibited without damaging physiological activity of cells, especially sensitivity to anticancer agents. The process for culturing animal cells, according to the present invention, comprises the step of culturing a sample containing animal cells obtained from living body tissue in order to subject the sample to further culture and/or a test, with the process being characterized in that a culture medium is used wherein the culture medium has a proliferating action and physiological activity-retaining action on the animal cells, and further has a killing action and/or multiplication-inhibition action on bacteria.

Kit for culturing cells comprising tube with flat wall, extracellular matrix and culture medium

Process for culturing cells sampled for biopsy

A hardenable, biocompatible composition for repairing firm living tissue which includes a powder component containing Ca.sub.4 P.sub.2 O.sub.9 and at least one of CaHPO.sub.4 and CaHPO.sub.4.H.sub.2 O at a molar ratio of Ca:P of 1.16-1.95; and a liquid component containing 1 mM to 2M of a second phosphate ion and 1 mM to 2M of an organic ion. The weight ratio of the powder component to the liquid component is 0.5-4.0.

Biologically compatible hardening material for dental or medical

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Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiko Minamigawa