A wide expanse of other research is being conducted on growth systems not characterized as being within the vascular, ligament, cartilage, or bone fields. These bioreactor applications include:

• Culturing other tissues: myocardial , neural tissue, liver and other secretory tissues 
• In vitro modeling the effects of physical forces on developing tissues*
• Utilizing mechanical forces to direct stem-cell differentiation.
• Drug-therapy responses and disease progression studies in an in vitro test bed.
• Organ culture
• Determining when engineered tissues have matured to implantation status*
• Combining with quantitative analysis and computational modeling to compare known stresses of in vivo tissues with those cultured in vitro*
• Assisting physical therapists to devise potential physical rehabilitation regimes for patients receiving tissue implants*

Each has its unique challenges and requirements. TGT's DynaGen^® Series Bioreactors can be configured to your application using a combination of modular and customized components.

* Martin, I, Wendt, D., Heberer, M., The role of bioreactors in tissue engineering, Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 22 (2), Feb 2004.