Improvements in or relating to growing cells

• Main Authors: CLARE SELDEN, ELOY ERRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.05.2013
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; PROSTHESES; SPIRITS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to a method of growing a plurality of cells (110) to performance competence in a matrix forming agent (120) containing one or more density modifiers (130), characterized in that the cells are grown in a culture media supplemented with from 2-20% human plasma. It also relates to a biological component (100) comprising: i. a matrix forming agent (120), ii. a plurality of cells (110), and iii. one or more density modifiers (130), wherein at performance competence, the cells are present in the matrix forming agent at a density of at least 3×107 cells/ml.