A transplant material which is capable of imparting desired mechanical properties,
elevating bone tissue repair speed and improving biocompatibility. This transplant
material comprises an artificial and biologically inactive material, which is to
be implanted in vivo as a substitute for bone tissue, and at least one type of
cells selected from among osteoblasts and precursory osteoblasts which are adhered
to the surface of the artificial material so that the artificial material is coated
with the bone matrix produced by the cells. The artificial material involves not
only a biologically inactive material but also a biologically inactive material
coated with a biologically active substrate. This transplant material is produced
by culturing mesenchymal stem cells collected from a living body to differentiate
into at least one type of cells selected from among osteoblasts and precursory
osteoblasts and then culturing the cells together with the artificial material
to thereby adhere the differentiated cells on the surface of the artificial material
and coat the surface of the artificial material with the bone matrix produced by
the differentiated cells.