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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Takashi Tsuji, Nagareyama, JP;
Kazuhisa Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Tsuji, Nagareyama, JP;
Kazuhisa Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Organ Technologies Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A01N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first cell mass substantially containing only either one of mesenchymal cells or epithelial cells and a second cell mass substantially containing only the other one of the cells are positioned in contact with each other inside a support carrier which can maintain a condition of cell contact; and cultured to obtain a tooth having a specific cell placement. Preferably, after the culturing, the support carrier having both cell masses is cultured with kidney cells.