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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Yuanyuan Zhang, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Shay Soker, Greensboro, NC (US);
Anthony Atala, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Aleksander Skardal, Clemmons, NC (US);
Yuanyuan Zhang, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Shay Soker, Greensboro, NC (US);
Anthony Atala, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Aleksander Skardal, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for mimicking an in vivo environment for culturing cells in vitro. The in vivo mimicking environment is based on the generation of a tissue-specific extracellular matrix wherein the matrix provides a substrate for which the cultured cell originated from. The tissue-specific extracellular matrix can further comprise a component of a whole tissue-specific homogenate.