Innovative New 3-D Petri Dish Designed By Brown Scientists

A team of Brown University biomedical engineers has invented a 3-D Petri dish that can grow cells in three dimensions, a method that promises to quickly and cheaply produce more realistic cells for drug development and tissue transplantation.The technique employs a new dish — cleverly crafted from a sugary substance long used in science laboratories — that allows cells to self-assemble naturally and form “microtissues. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on September 21st, 2007