Microfabric Vessels for Embryoid Body Formation and Rapid Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sato, Hiroki ^a   Idiris, Alimjan ^a   Miwa, Tatsuaki ^a   Kumagai, Hiromichi ^a  

^a Innovative Technology Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOID BODY; HUMAN; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROCEDURES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYOID BODIES; HUMANS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELLS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84981173262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31063     Document Type: Article

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