Cells grow more naturally in 'spaghetti'

(Lund University) The usual way of cultivating cells is to use a flat laboratory dish of glass. However, inside a human body, the cells do not grow on a flat surface, but rather in three dimensions. This has lead researchers at Lund University in Sweden to develop a porous 'spaghetti' of tissue-friendly polymers with cavities in which the cells can develop in a more natural way.