Optimizing 3-dimensional human skin models to facilitate long-term development of Onchocerca volvulus, a debilitating obligatory human parasite
C. Malkmus, S. Jawahar, N. Tricoche, S. Lustigman, J. Hansmann
This paper develops 3D in vitro culture systems using engineered human skin and adipose tissue to support the long-term development of Onchocerca volvulus larvae to pre-adult stages, improving upon 2D methods.
bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2020Bioengineering