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Time-lapse images of a single microbead over 7 days, illustrating that cells encapsulated inside of microbeads grow in size, while maintaining their relative position. Over time in culture, the cells are able to survive and grow, yet are immobilized within the alginate bead, showing no evidence of either migration or proliferation. Scale bars are 100 µm.
