Stemgent™ Alvetex™ 3D Cell Growth Plates 

Description

Alvetex Scaffold enables genuine 3-dimensional cell culture to be achieved simply and routinely.

• Highly porous (more than 90%) inert polystyrene scaffold
• Provides cultured cells with an environment and physical space in which to grow in 3 dimensions (3D)
• Once seeded, cells freely invade the scaffold and start to produce genuine, homogeneous 3D cellular structures that resemble micro-slabs of tissue
• Plate format (96 well, 24 well and 12 well)

Typical uses:

• Growth of 3D tumor cells for testing cytotoxicity of anti-cancer drugs
• Growth and differentiation of stem cells in 3D
• Improved predictive accuracy of Liver Tox testing with primary hepatocytes
• Formation of full thickness skin models for compound testing
• Growth of complex epithelial models
• Co-culture models
• 3D cell migration/invasion models

• Enhanced cell viability and responsiveness to growth factors/therapeutic agents
• Improve predictive accuracy of cell base assays
• More accurately mirror the natural in-vivo cellular environment
• Better understand how cells interact within complex systems
• Reduce the dependency on animal model testing
• Build more biologically relevant in-vitro assays