Rapid method for screening compounds for in vivo activity

摘要

The present invention provides a rapid method for screening potentially pharmaceutically useful compounds for activity in vivo. The method has the steps of growing a target cell into which a reporter gene was introduced in a biocompatible, semipermeable encapsulation device; implanting the semi-permeable encapsulation device into a subject; administering a potentially pharmaceutically active compound to said subject; removing said encapsulation device from said subject after in vivo exposure to the potentially pharmaceutically active compound and evaluating said target cell for reaction to said potentially paharmaceutically active compound by measuring the expression of said reporter gene.