Mature Blood Vessels Formed in a Hydrogel (IMAGE)

Rice University

Mature Blood Vessels Formed in a Hydrogel

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A microscope image shows mature blood vessels that formed in a hydrogel after two weeks of growth in a mouse model, with red blood cells flowing through the vessel at bottom right. The vessels form from stem cells derived from amniotic fluid in a technique created by the lab of Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital bioengineer Jeffrey Jacot. The scale bar is 100 microns.

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Jacot Lab/Rice University

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