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Scientists Grow Cells in 3-D Using Magnetic Fields
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Using magnetic fields and cells containing magnetic nanoparticles, researchers have demonstrated that levitated cells can grow into three-dimensional tissue that may resemble real human tissue much more closely than cells grown with traditional methods on the bottom of a petri dish. Pictured, from right, are: Tom Killian and Robert Raphael, both of Rice University, and Glauco Souza of Nano3D Biosciences Inc.
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A 3-D cell culture grown with magnetic levitation.
Credit: G. Souza, Nano3D Biosciences Inc. |
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Using nanoparticles of iron-oxide and coin-sized magnets, researchers in Houston's Texas Medical Center have found a way to grow 3-D cell cultures using magnetic levitation.
Credit: G. Souza, Nano3D Biosciences Inc. |
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