It is Time for a Change: Petri Dishes Weaken Cells

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-357

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Haddad, Mike Kh ^a   Fecht, Hans Joerg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic triangle; Diamond; Nanoindentation; Petri dish; Polystyrene; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CULTURE CONDITIONS; CULTURE DISHES; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; MODEL STUDY; NANO-COATINGS; PETRI DISH; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; DIAMONDS; NANOINDENTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 84864297548     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(11)60125-X     Document Type: Article

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