Inventors:
David A. Wolf - Houston TX
Ray P. Schwarz - Friendswood TX
Marian L. Lewis - Houston TX
John H. Cross - Nassau Bay TX
Mary H. Huls - Pasadena TX
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
C12N 506, C12M 302
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional cell to tissue and maintenance process, more particularly to methods of culturing cells in a culture environment, either in space or in a gravity field, with minimum fluid shear stress, freedom for 3-dimensional spatial orientation of the suspended particles and localization of particles with differing or similar sedimentation properties in a similar spatial region.