microtissue

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ tissue

Noun

microtissue (countable and uncountable, plural microtissues)

  1. microscale tissue
    • 2015 August 13, “MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Form Differentiated Microtissues in Scaffold-Free Hydrogels”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      When grown in 3D using scaffold-free agarose hydrogels, MCF-7 human breast cancer cells self-organize to form directionally-oriented microtissues that contain a luminal space, reminiscent of the in vivo structure of the mammary gland.
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