Collection

Flasks of laboratory-grown skin

Made:
1993 in London

Three flasks of laboratory-grown skin, one presented in formal saline, for demonstration purposes, two showing early stages of the skin's growth, and the third the completed sheet, from the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, 1993

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1994-74
Measurements:
overall (two flasks): 92 mm x 200 mm x 122 mm, .233 kg
type:
structures, molecular biology, bioengineering and genetics
credit:
London Hospital Medical College

Parts

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

Flask, by Falcon Biotech Pvt Limited, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, containing skin cells, stained pink, from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin, prepared by the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, London, England, 1993

Materials:
plastic (unidentified) and human skin
Object Number:
1994-74 Pt1
type:
flask and human remains
Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin. The cells are stained pink. The flask was prepared by the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, 1993, and does not contain any liquid.

Object Number:
1994-74 Pt2
type:
human remains and skin

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