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Organ or Embryo Culture
In vitro culture and growth of organs or parts there of, in which the various tissue components are preserved in terms of their structure and function so that the cultured organs resemble closely with the organ concerned in vivo, is called organ culture. New growth will be in the form of differentiated structures that retain their physiological features

Organ or Embryo Culture

The first attempt at organ culture was by Loeb (1897), who maintained adult rabbit liver, kidney, thyroid and ovary on small plasma clots in test tube and noted that these organs retained their normal histological features for 3 days. Culture of embryonic organs is easier than normal organs form adult animals. The technique has since been considerably refined and it may utilize one of the following five approaches