Tubular gel fabrication and cell encapsulation in laminar flow stream formed by microfabricated nozzle array.

Sugiura, Shinji; Oda, Tatsuya; Aoyagi, Yasuyuki; Satake, Mitsuo; Ohkohchi, Nobuhiro; Nakajima, Mitsutoshi · Lab Chip · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We have used a laminar flow stream formed by a microfabricated nozzle array to prepare cell-encapsulated alginate gel micro-tubes, in which cells formed a cylindrical multi-cellular aggregate after cultivation for two weeks.

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