Saturday, August 27, 2011

3-D tumor biology: A new stance on in vitro drug design?

A taste to see what's coming. Is the wave of the future in drug design using 3D cell culture models? Does this really mimic the tumor microenvironment?
http://www.infinitebio.com/technology/SCIVAX_3D_Cell_Culture/images/Spheroid.jpgthis is a spheroid tumor growing in a 3D cultue system.
Many questions...can a drug get inside? What is the micro-environment? pH? We can answer these questions. stay tuned!

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