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Bioengineering

Lung Decellularization and Recellularization

Description

Whole organs can be cultured ex vivo using specialized bioreactors to support repair or replacement of entire organs. In this approach, a donor organ is first stripped of all cells. What remains is the three-dimensional structure of the organ, which can then be repopulated with new cells.

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Transcript

Les cultures in vitro d’organes partiels ou entiers sont souvent utilisées afin de modéliser avec précision le fonctionnement des tissus et des organes dans diverses conditions d’essai. La culture d’un organe entier peut impliquer la décellularisation d’un organe excisé ou l’ablation de cellules afin d’utiliser la structure de l’organe natif. S’...

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Whole Organ CultureOrgan DecellularizationOrgan RecellularizationBioreactor CultureTissue EngineeringStem Cell SeedingPeristaltic PumpHistology AnalysisDecellularized MatrixDynamic Culture