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ex vivo

Outside of the living body. In analogy to in vitro (in the test tube) and in vivo (in the living organism), ex vivo is used to describe procedures which involve removing cells, tissues, or organs from the living organism for treatment, manipulation, or analysis, and then returning them.

In gene therapy, for example, ex vivo describes a technique used in which genetically defective cells are removed and cultured in vitro. After growth, normal genes are added to the cells to correct the defect. These modified cells are next returned to the donor.



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Extensive in vitro data presented reaffirm the enhanced broad-spectrum of activity including Gram-negative pathogens.
claimed to have found the first cases of in vitro Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACs (5).
Published on behalf of the Society for In Vitro Biology, "In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology" will be produced six times a year to cover the latest research, techniques and developments related to in vitro cultivation of cells, tissue, organs or tumors from invertebrates and vertebrates.
 
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