COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING OR CULTURING OCULAR CELLS

摘要

The present disclosure provides a composition and method for preserving ocular cells. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition for preserving ocular cells, or culturing the cells after preservation, comprising albumin and dimethyl sulfoxide, and a cell formulation comprising the ocular cells, albumin, and dimethyl sulfoxide, and a treatment/prevention method using the same. The present disclosure also provides a method of preserving corneal endothelial cells, comprising suspending ocular cells in the composition to provide a suspension and freezing the suspension. In some embodiments, ocular cells are corneal cells (e.g., corneal endothelial cells).