The View From Here News for September 2012

The View From Here News Archive

Drug Discovery Today: September Issue Drug Discovery Today: September Issue

The latest issue of Drug Discovery Today is packed full of industry focused research articles, new developments in drug discovery, and expert comment and opinion.

Cell culture in the third dimension Cell culture in the third dimension

Sustaining life outside the body through the use of cell culture for research and discovery purposes has always been challenging. However, despite these challenges, cell culture has resulted in the discovery of most of today’s knowledge about disease processes and their cures. There has always been the desire to increase the relevance of cell culture by reproducing the 3D context of the body and thus the rate of peer reviewed publications employing 3D cell culture has increased dramatically over the past several years [1]. Furthermore, many new 3D cell culture products are emerging in the bioscience market that are focused on making the process simpler and more affordable.