'Inverse Patterning' Process for 3D Multi-Compartmental Micro-Organization of Multiple Cell Types

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The invention features an “inverse patterning” or “Intaglio-Void/Embed-Relief Topographic (In VERT) molding” manufacturing process for generating high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) multi-cellular microstructures in distinct cellular compartments of a single hydrogel. The platform has general utility in the development of engineered tissues for human therapies, drug testing, and disease models. Additionally, the platform can serve as a model system for studying 3D cell-cell interactions in fields as diverse as stem cell biology to the development of cancer therapeutics.

Researchers

Sangeeta Bhatia / Kelly Stevens

Departments: Health Sciences and Technology Program
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Synthetic Biology, Tissue Engineering / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Cell Culture
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • inverse patterning process for three-deminsional multi-compartmental micro-organization of multiple cell types
    United States of America | Granted | 10,072,257

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