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Engineered tumours

Roll-on scaffolds

A spool-and-ribbon cell-culture approach provides quick and easy access to the interior of engineered tumours for the analysis of cell responses to molecular gradients.

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Figure 1: A ribbon-on-a-spool culture model.

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DelNero, P., Fischbach, C. Roll-on scaffolds. Nature Mater 15, 138–139 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4549

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