Controlling size, shape and homogeneity of embryoid bodies using poly(ethylene glycol) microwells

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 786-794

  Karp, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Yeh, Judy ^c   Eng, George ^c   Fukuda, Junji ^c   Blumling, James ^c   Suh, Kahp Yang ^d   Cheng, Jianjun ^e   Mahdavi, Alborz ^c   Borenstein, Jeffrey ^f   Langer, Robert ^b,c   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^f CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 34249783124     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b705085m     Document Type: Article

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