Cells cling and spiral 'like vines' in first 3-D tissue scaffold for plants
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 16:50
in Biology & Nature
These are plant cells stretching within the artificial scaffold. Miniscule artificial scaffolding units made from nano-fibre polymers and built to house plant cells have enabled scientists to see for the first time how individual plant cells behave and interact with each other in a three-dimensional environment.