iPSCs in 3-D Culture
June 11, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
This piece, citing research at Corning Life Sciences (Tewksbury, MA), describes two laboratory technologies—induced pluripotent stem cells, and 3D cell culture—that are trending to intersect after running parallel for about a decade. 3D culture allows cells to grow almost as they do inside the body, rather than as they would on a Petri dish. iPSCs actually adds a fourth dimension, by allowing the cells to grow over greater time for testing drug effects. Research on Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, diabetic retinopathy, glioblastoma and myocardial infarction all could profit from this approach. MORE
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