A cell/tissue culture apparatus can give a physical stimulation necessary
for proliferation and growth to a cultured object which is a cell or
tissue to be cultured. The cell/tissue culture apparatus has a chamber (a
culture chamber 4) which accommodates a cultured object (a matrix 8) and
supplies a culture fluid (6), a pressing means (a pressing plate 10, 11)
which is movably arranged in the chamber and gives a physical stimulation
due to a press to the cultured object by movement thereof, and a driving
means (a pressure unit 22, an electromagnet unit 32) which gives a
driving force to the pressing means for applying the physical stimulation
to the cultured object from an outside of the chamber in a state out of
contact with the pressing means.