Hydrogel Seeded with Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells (IMAGE)

Rice University

Hydrogel Seeded with Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells

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A hydrogel seeded with amniotic fluid stem cells shows the growth of mature blood vessels two weeks after implantation in an experiment by researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital. The cell nuclei are blue, endothelial cells are red and smooth muscle cells are green. The scale bar is 20 microns.

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Jacot Lab/Rice University

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