A researcher of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology is working on special 3D scaffolds for melanoma cells using a hydrogel biopolymer – sodium alginate, obtained from seaweed. Agnieszka Jankowska aims to create a three-dimensional cell culture simulating tumor tissue.
Before cancer drugs enter the testing phase on living organisms, their effectiveness is tested in the laboratory. While scientists try to simulate conditions for cells similar to those in the human body, obtaining them is not a simple matter. The solution may be the 3D cultivation of tumor cells, which will allow for better study of the effects of drugs.
“I am doing everything now to create the best possible conditions for cancer cells to develop and multiply as quickly as possible, just like in the human body and then I treat them with drugs that we hope will destroy them and allow the development of personalized therapies”, explains the researcher.
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