[The effect of the monomer HEMA (2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) on cells cultured in vitro]

Techniques of dynamical observation of biotolerance as well as percentual mitotic determination have been applied to study the cytotolerance of HEMA monomer on the human in vitro cells. On these conditions, such a monomer was stated to show the complete cytotolerance concentrated as 1:1000, almost complete cytotolerance when diluted as 1:500, and the expressed toxicity when concentrated as 1:100, that is in the concentration which is tolerated well on implantation animal experiments. Of more sensitivity is therefore the test which uses the in vitro cultivated cells as an experimental object.