| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Introducing the blood vessel that plays a role of transport duct for oxygen and nutrients is a prerequisite for artificially constructing huge organs, such as liver and heart, by using combinations of cultured cells and gels. The blood vessels in our body have excellent transport properties of oxygen and nutrients. The excellent transport properties are attributed to a morphology of blood vessel. In this study, we developed the method for constructing the engineered blood vessel by using the template collagen hydrogel which mimics the morphology of blood vessel in our body. In addition, we developed a device for perfusing a cell culture medium into the engineered blood vessel. We will develop the method for introducing the blood vessels with efficient transport properties of oxygen and nutrients into the huge engineered organs by using the methodologies developed in this study.
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