Abstract: Disclosed is a novel cell mass derived from a cancer tissue, which can reflect the in vivo behavior of a cancer cell correctly. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the cell mass. Specifically disclosed is a cell mass derived from a cancer tissue, which is an separated product that is isolated from a cancer tissue obtained from an individual as a mass containing at least three cancer cells or a cultured product of the separated product and which can retain a proliferation ability in vitro. The cell mass derived from a cancer tissue is produced by, for example, a preparation process comprising the steps of: treating a pulverized product of a cancer tissue removed from a living body with an enzyme; and selecting and collecting a mass containing at least three cancer cells among from an enzymatic treatment product.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel cell mass derived from a cancer tissue, which can reflect the in vivo behavior of a cancer cell correctly. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the cell mass. Specifically disclosed is a cell mass derived from a cancer tissue, which is an separated product that is isolated from a cancer tissue obtained from an individual as a mass containing at least three cancer cells or a cultured product of the separated product and which can retain a proliferation ability in vitro. The cell mass derived from a cancer tissue is produced by, for example, a preparation process comprising the steps of: treating a pulverized product of a cancer tissue removed from a living body with an enzyme; and selecting and collecting a mass containing at least three cancer cells among from an enzymatic treatment product.

Abstract: A method for producing a monolithic porous body having a trimodal hierarchical porous structure by a sol-gel method is provided. The method includes a sol preparation step of preparing a precursor sol, a gelation step of inducing a sol-gel transition and a phase separation in parallel on the precursor sol in a gelation container housing a template obtained by configuring organic polymer fibers into an aggregation having a three-dimensional spread, to form a gel made of a co-continuous structure of a hydrogel phase and a solvent phase, in the space around the organic polymer fibers, and a removal step of removing the solvent phase and the organic polymer fibers individually or simultaneously from the gel. The organic polymer fibers have a structure in which the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is contractible while the extension in the longitudinal direction is restricted.