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by mleonhard 1672 days ago
A lot of cells will only grow when they feel familiar surroundings. This gel technique is used with various cell types. For example, pancreas cells will not grow alone in glass, but they will grow inside a specially-made gel that mimics their expected extra-cellular matrix [0].

[0] "A microenvironment-inspired synthetic three-dimensional model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma organoids" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01085-1