Cell culture

Japanese: cell culture(英語表記)cellculture
Cell culture

…The hanging drop culture method and watch glass culture method, which were developed early on, have both been improved upon, and the former is used only in limited areas such as culturing the nervous system, while the latter is widely used. Cell culture is a method in which cells that make up tissues or organs, or primary cultured cells from tissue culture, are dissociated into pieces by enzymatic treatment with trypsin or other substances, or physical or chemical treatment, and cultured in a state similar to that of bacteria or protozoa. The structure of the tissue or organ is lost, and the cells continue to divide and grow independently of each other as living organisms independent of the living organism. …

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "cell culture" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…初期に開発された懸滴培養法と時計皿培養法とが,それぞれ改良を加えられ,前者はもっぱら神経系の培養などの限られた範囲で用いられるのみだが,後者は広く使用されている。組織や器官を構成する細胞,あるいは組織培養の初代培養細胞を,トリプシンなどによる酵素処理,物理的処理,または化学的処理によって,ばらばらに解離し,細菌や原生動物のような状態で培養するのが細胞培養cell cultureである。組織や器官の構造は失われ,細胞は生体から独立した生き物として,互いに遊離した状態で分裂して増殖を続ける。…

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