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3D Cell Culture

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A 3D cell culture is an artificially created environment in which biological cells are permitted to grow or interact with their surroundings in all three dimensions. Unlike 2D environments such as the Petri dish, a 3D cell culture allows cells in vitro to grow in all directions, similar to how they would in living systems. 

These three-dimensional cultures are usually grown in bioreactors, small capsules in which the cells can grow into spheroids, or 3D cell colonies. 

2. 3D Cell Culture

3D cell culture is the cultivation of living cells within micro-assembled devices and supports with three-dimensional structures that mimic tissue and organ-specific microarchitecture.​


The use of 3D culture is an accurate method of reproducing this process in vitro. 3D cell culture is becoming more popular due to its novel and convenient features when compared to other cell culture methods.​