A GLIA CELL AND NEURON CO-CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention comprises a system and method for co-culturing glia cells and neurons in a combination of glia culture medium and neuron medium wherein the glia cells and neurons have cell morphology, cell reactions and/or cell interactions that exist in vivo after the co-culturing for up to about 21 days, up to about 30 days, up to about 40 days, up to about 45 days. Since the cell morphology, cell reaction and/or cell interaction of the co-culture are similar to those seen in vivo, the present system is capable of being configured as animal models for research, drug screening, testing and conducting clinical trials.