A Cancer Cell Spheroid Assay to Assess Invasion in a 3D Setting
Title:
A Cancer Cell Spheroid Assay to Assess Invasion in a 3D Setting
Author:
Berens, Eric B.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (334 seconds)
Series:
Medicine
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
This method evaluates cancer cell invasion from spheroids into a surrounding 3D matrix. Spheroids are generated via the hanging drop culture method and then embedded in a matrix comprised of basement membrane materials and type I collagen. Invasion out of the spheroids is subsequently monitored.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/53409