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Synthetic alternatives to Matrigel for toxicity screening and stem cell expansion

Posted on June 1, 2017

Arrays of synthetic hydrogels outperforms Matrigel in the screening for vascular-disrupting compounds and in supporting the expansion of human embryonic stem cells. The paper is published in nature biomedical Engineering. 

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