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Three-dimensional biomaterials for the study of human pluripotent stem cells
Thomas P Kraehenbuehl1, Robert Langer, Lino S Ferreira
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature Methods
|September 1, 2011
Abstract:
The self-renewal and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have typically been studied in flat, two-dimensional (2D) environments. In this Perspective, we argue that 3D model systems may be needed in addition, as they mimic the natural 3D tissue organization more closely. We survey methods that have used 3D biomaterials for expansion of undifferentiated hPSCs, directed differentiation of hPSCs and transplantation of differentiated hPSCs in vivo.

