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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
Moo-Yeal Lee, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 11/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 11/04 (2013.01); C12N 5/0671 (2013.01); C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01); C12N 2533/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of creating a miniature multicellular biological construct and a method for studying cellular environments using the miniature multicellular biological construct is provided. The method for making the miniature multicellular biological construct includes suspending cells in a hydrogel, depositing the cell-suspension into a microwell, gelling the cell-suspension, and incubating the cell-suspension. The method for studying cellular environments includes imaging the miniature multicellular biological construct.