Suspension culture

Japanese: suspension culture(英語表記)suspensionculture
Suspension culture

...In transformed and cancerous cells, the phenomenon of contact inhibition is not observed, and the cells continue to grow in a multi-layered structure. Also, when cells do not adhere to the bottom of the culture vessel but grow in a spherical shape floating in the culture solution, this is called suspension culture, and hematopoietic cells and ascites cells are cultured in this form. The countless cells that make up an animal's body can be broadly classified into four basic tissue types: epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle, and nerve, and the cells in a tissue fragment from any part of the body are a combination of one or more of these types of cells. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "suspension culture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…形質転換して癌化した細胞では,接触阻止の現象がみられず,細胞は多層化して増殖を続ける。また,培養器の底面に接着せずに,細胞が球状になって培養液の中に浮遊したままで増殖するのを浮遊培養suspension cultureといい,造血細胞や腹水細胞などがこのような形で培養される。 動物のからだを作っている無数の細胞は,上皮組織,結合組織,筋肉,神経の4種類の基本組織に大きく分類することができ,からだのどの部分からの組織片の細胞も,これらのどれか1種類,またはそれ以上の種類の細胞の組合せである。…

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