Inventors:
Hirohito Ichii - North Bay Village FL, US
Camillo Ricordi - Miami FL, US
Assignee:
University of Miami - Miami FL
International Classification:
G01N 1/30, C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
A method of assessing cellular composition and fractional viability that can be predictive of post-transplant cell potency and transplantation outcome, comprises identifying cellular composition and assessing cellular viability. This has particular importance in the field of tissue and cell transplantation, cell therapy and regenerative medicine, providing a method for tissue and cell characterization, viability and potency testing, that could be useful for the definition of product release criteria for research and clinical applications.