Animal cell technology is a growing discipline of cell biology which aims not only to understand structures, functions and behaviors of differentiated animal cells, but also to ascertain their abilities to be used in industrial and medical purposes. The goal of animal cell technology includes accomplishments of clonal expansion of differentiated cells with useful ability, optimization of their culture conditions, modulation of their ability for production of medically and pharmaceutically important proteins and the application of animal cells to gene therapy, artificial organs and functional foods.
This volume gives the readers a complete review of present state-of-the-art in Japan and other countries where this field is well advanced. The Proceedings will be useful for the cell biologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, immunologists, biochemical engineers and other disciplines related to animal cell culture, working in either academic environments or in industries of biotechnology and pharmacy.

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Preface.- Plenary Lecture. Recombinant expression of human collagens.- Symposium: Recent Advances in the Materials and Reconstructive Therapy and Tissue Engineering.- Structural Biology and Signal Transduction of Animal Cells.- Cell Regulatory Functions of Food Factors and Natural Resources with Special Reference to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.- Glycoengineering in Animal Cell Technology.- ESACT Special Lecture: Production of Biologicals.- Cell Culture Engineering.- Gene Therapy.- Session: Cell Culture Engineering.- Production of Biologicals.- Functional Cell Lines.- Immunologicals, Monoclonal Antibodies and Vaccines.- Transplantation, Artificial Organs, and Organ Substitutes.- Transgenic Animals.- Gene Therapy.- Cell Regulatory Factors and Signal Transduction.- Functional Substances in Food and Natural Sources.- Animal Cells for in vitro Assay.- Author Index.- Subject Index.