Showa University

Zhenghao Jin

Hirohisa Kato

Luchun Hua

Daisuke Yasuda

Yasuna Kobayashi

Yoshihiko Izumida

Tomotake Koizumi

Mitsuo Kusano

Takeshi Aoki

Yoshinori Shimizu

Noriyuki Murai

A method is disclosed for cryopreserving living animal cells in immunoisolation membranes, including: (1) cutting out a living organ from an animal, (2) digesting the cutout organ into the discrete living animal cells and separating the discrete cells, (3) suspending the separated cells in a solution of sodium chloride containing sodium alginate and collagen, (4) forming microcapsules of the living animal cells by using the resulting suspension, (5) forming immunoisolation membranes around outer surfaces of the microcapsules of the living animal cells by covering the outer surfaces with alginate-(poly-L-lysine) and thereby obtaining the living animal cells enclosed in the immunoisolation membranes, (6) suspending the resulting living animal cells enclosed in the immunocapsules in a cell damage-preventing solution, and (7) immediately freezing the thus obtained suspension with liquid nitrogen.

Method for cryopreserving microencapsulated living animal cells enclosed in immunoisolation membranes, such microencapsulated living animal cells in immunoisolation membranes, and biohybrid artificial organ modules using such microencapsulated living animal cells in immunoisolation membranes

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