Description

AlgiMatrix™3DCultureSystemisthefirstuser-friendlynon-animal-derivedbioscaffoldforthree-dimensional(3D)cellculture.AlgiMatrix™3DCultureSystemcreatesacellculturemodelsystemthatmorecloselyreflectsnormalcellmorphologyandbehavior,tomeetresearchers"requirementsfor3Dcellcultureinfieldssuchastoxicology,drugdevelopment,cancerandstemcellresearch,developmentandmorphogenesis,tissueandorganengineering,heartdisease,diabetes,andAlzheimersdisease.

AlgiMatrix™3DCultureSystemissuppliedina96-wellformatthatfitswellintotheworkflowofbothlower-andhigher-throughputusers.Scientistscaninoculatecellsdirectlyintothesterilemicrotiterplatespreloadedwithlyophilizedalginatesponge,withnopretreatmentsorpreparationsrequired.Thecombinationofconvenience,highcapacity,andmicroscopicvisualizationmakesAlgiMatrix™3DCultureSystemanidealsolutionforbroadbasicresearchanddrugdiscoveryapplications.

Applications:
AlgiMatrix™3DCultureSystemissuitableformanycell-basedscreening,drugdiscovery,andhumancelltherapyprocedures,includingtheMulticellularTumorSpheroidAssays(MCTS),¹hepatocyte^2-4andcardiomyocyteorganogenesisstudies,⁵co-culturestudies,⁶high-throughputdrugscreeningassays,¹andembryonicstemcell3Ddifferentiation.⁷Eachlotisperformanceandqualitytestedinacell-basedtoxicityassay.

Storage:
Roomtemperature.

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