An Innovative Cell Microincubator for Drug Discovery Based on 3D Silicon Structures

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Fluorescence microscopy images relative to HT1080 cells grown for 48 h on the 3D-SMS. Silicon walls are horizontally oriented. The majority of the cells are squeezed inside the gaps and therefore their nuclei appear as red segments. Very few cells with normal rounded nuclei are located on top of the walls.

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