MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR TISSUE CULTIVATION

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for the cultivation of tissue pieces and organs. The cultivation can be used for long-term preservation of tissue and organs without decay or significant morphological changes, e.g. providing a method for preservation for tissue and organs in a viable state, e.g. suitable for subsequent transplantation. Further, the present invention relates to a process for the generation of differentiated tissue types obtainable from original adipose tissue. The differentiated tissue types preferably originate from a fat tissue obtained from a biopsy and therefore are immunologically compatible with the donor organism because they maintain the immunological properties of the original fat tissue. Further, differentiated tissue generated from fat tissue by the cultivation process of the invention is characterized by a vascular system that is sufficient for anastomosis in a transplant recipient, allowing the connnection of the differentiated tissue to the blood circulation of the transplant recipient.