Nanofiber Matrix for Culturing Human Stem Cells
April 18, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
Most tissue culturing of pluripotent stem cells is done in petri dishes which distorts the shape of colony formations. Cell biologists at Kyoto University in Japan believe they have a better idea: growing pluripotent stem cells in a “fiber-on-fiber” matrix that allows growth in all directions. One layer of fiber is made of gelatin strands, while the other is of biodegradable polyglycolic acid. In lab testing, 95% of the stem cells were growing into colonies after just four days. MORE
Image Credit: Kyoto University