Grow Muscle in a Dish -- OPTi-OX in Action (VIDEO)

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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These stem cells are being grown in to muscle cells (myocytes), using a new technique, OPTi-OX, that can grow them in a few days instead of months. The resulting muscle cells are fully functional and contract normally. The OPTi-OX method could be used to make many cell types that haven't been possible to grow before.

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Matthias Pawlowski et al. Stem Cell Reports (2017) Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

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