Figure 1.
VITVO technology and potentials. (a) Picture of the VITVO platform. (b) VITVO cartoon section showing structure and parts. (c) VITVO loading of cell suspension with a syringe allows colonization of the 3D matrix inner core. (d) Cells can be directly visualized in VITVO under a fluorescence microscope; cellular viability and growth can be monitored using luminescence or fluorescence with a plate reader instrument; VITVO system is closed, thus the device is easily transported and can be shipped; methacrylate embedding of 3D tissue rebuilt in VITVO allows histological studies on tissue slices.