Microfabricated platforms for mechanically dynamic cell culture

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Moraes, Christopher ^a,b   Sun, Yu ^a,b   Simmons, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D cell culture; Cell culture; Extracellular matrix; Hydrogel; Mechanics; Photopatterns; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355125599     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2224     Document Type: Article

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