For in vitro cellular assays, the extracellular matrix—the material between cells—often is overlooked, but changes within this microenvironment affect cells’ proliferation and differentiation and, ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the complex network of proteins and sugars that provides structural and biochemical support for surrounding cells in the human body. This dynamic ...

Jellyfish are helping scientists develop futuristic materials for medicine and biological research. The material, based on jellyfish collagen, would act as a cellular scaffold to support a range of ...

24 August 2021 — Inventia Life Science, together with BioLamina AB, a Swedish biotechnology company leading in matrix biology and cell culture-based research, have entered into a partnership in order ...

A recent study provides critical insights into the reliability and robustness of patient-derived organoids as a clinical model of pancreatic cancer. The findings reveal that organoids' gene expression ...

Researchers at University of Michigan developed a method to produce artificially grown miniature brains — called human brain organoids — free of animal cells that could greatly improve the way ...

The foundational extracellular matrices of the research team's brain organoids were comprised of human fibronectin, a protein that serves as a native structure for stem cells to adhere, differentiate ...