The present invention provides a rapid method for screening potentially pharmaceutically useful compounds for activity in vivo. The method has the steps of growing a target cell into which a reporter gene was introduced in a biocompatible, semipermeable encapsulation device; implanting the semi-permeable encapsulation device into a subject; administering a potentially pharmaceutically active compound to said subject; removing said encapsulation device from said subject after in vivo exposure to the potentially pharmaceutically active compound and evaluating said target cell for reaction to said potentially paharmaceutically active compound by measuring the expression of said reporter gene.
本发明提供了一种快速筛选潜在药用化合物在体内活性的方法。该方法包括以下步骤:将报告
基因引入到一个靶细胞中,并将该细胞生长于一种
生物相容的半透性封装装置中;将该半透性封装装置植入到一个受试者体内;向该受试者施用一种潜在药用活性化合物;在该潜在药用活性化合物在体内暴露后,将该封装装置从该受试者体内移除,并通过测量该报告
基因的表达来评估该靶细胞对该潜在药用活性化合物的反应。