Micro-mold design controls the 3D morphological evolution of self-assembling multicellular microtissues.

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Published in Tissue Eng Part A on December 14, 2013

Authors

Alexander A Svoronos1, Nalin Tejavibulya, Jacquelyn Y Schell, Vivek B Shenoy, Jeffrey R Morgan

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.

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