Positioning living cells within a 3-dimensional microstructure with movement-limiting openings, especially useful for study by atomic force microscopy

摘要

Positioning living human, animal or plant cells, limiting their mobility and controlling their direction of growth comprises introducing the cells into a 3-dimensional microstructure Positioning living human, animal or plant cells, limiting their mobility and controlling their direction of growth comprises introducing the cells into a 3-dimensional microstructure. The method has the following features: (a) the size of the openings in the microstructure corresponds, at least on one side, to the size of the cells in nutrient medium; (b) most of the openings in the microstructure are smaller than the average size of the cells; and (c) the cells are in a physiological environment.