Diffusion Chambers, Culture
| Definition: |
Devices used in a technique by which cells or tissues are grown in vitro or, by implantation, in vivo within chambers permeable to diffusion of solutes across the chamber walls. The chambers are used for studies of drug effects, osmotic responses, cytogenic and immunologic phenomena, metabolism, etc., and include tissue cages. |
| Notes: |
NIM |
| Also Called: |
Tissue Cages |
| Previously Indexed: |
Cell Differentiation (1966-1971),Cells, Cultured (1971-1988),Diffusion (1966-1988),Tissue Culture (1966-1988) |
Diffusion Chambers, Culture Definitions and Terms
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