title: 3D Biomimetic Cultures: The Next Platform for Cell Biology.
abstract: Advances in engineering of cells and culture formats have led to the development of a new generation of 3D cultures that can recapitulate a variety of multicell-type, morphogenetic behaviors that were previously largely observable only in in vivo settings. Ultimately, these systems are likely to be assimilated into and forever change the landscape of biomedical research.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering and The Biological Design Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: chencs@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D003585:Cell Biology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological
keywords: in vitro models; organ on chip; organoids; organotypic; three dimensional