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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Yoshihisa Suda, Gunma, JP;
Kunitaka Yamada, Gunma, JP;
Hiroko Kaneko, Ibaraki, JP;
Kaoru Katoh, Ibaraki, JP;
Harumasa Okamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihisa Suda, Gunma, JP;
Kunitaka Yamada, Gunma, JP;
Hiroko Kaneko, Ibaraki, JP;
Kaoru Katoh, Ibaraki, JP;
Harumasa Okamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a substrate suitable for cell culture observation and a method of observation using the same. Crystalline carbon such as a graphite powder is mixed into a thermosetting resin such as a furan resin, and the mixture is molded in the shape of a sheet and carbonized to produce a carbon substrate; then, a cell is made to adhere to the carbon substrate, and the cell is caused to proliferate on the carbon substrate and observed using a microscope.