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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
The Uab Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL (US);
Joel L. Berry, Birmingham, AL (US);
Timothy M. Wick, Homewood, AL (US);
Joanne Murphy-Ullrich, Birmingham, AL (US);
Andrew D. Penman, Birmingham, AL (US);
Andrew W. Cain, Birmingham, AL (US);
Andra Rixse Frost, Birmingham, AL (US);
THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Birmingham, AL (US);
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D), prevascularized, engineered tissue constructs, 3D prevascularized engineered tissue models of cancer, and bioreactors and bioreactor arrays including the tissue constructs are disclosed. Methods of making the tissue constructs, methods of using the tissue constructs, methods of drug discovery using the tissue constructs and/or cancer models, and the like are also disclosed.