5 ways to improve your cell assays

3D cell culture techniques often rely upon a physical matrix, or scaffold, to provide a platform upon which cells can seed and develop in 3D. The composition of commercially available growth matrices vary widely, and the chosen matrix material can have a profound effect upon the behavior of cells in culture, and any subsequent assay results.

In this application note, UPM Biomedicals introduces GrowDex® hydrogels, a plant-based solution from UPM-Kymmene Corporation. Manufactured from wood-derived nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC), GrowDex® does not include any traces of animal DNA, RNA, or any other artifacts. This guide will explore five ways in which GrowDex® can boost your cell-based high throughput screening (HTS) and high content screening (HCS) applications.