Advanced in vitro cancer models

Cancer metastases represent the greatest challenge of modern medicine due to their high impact on patient mortality. Our lab studies the metastatic process through 2D and 3D human in vitro models across multiple scales. We successfully  design  and  develop human  vascularized  macro and microfluidic systems that mimic in vivo biophysical and biochemical organ specific microenvironment with the aim to study different steps of metastasis. Particularly, we are able to analyze the crosstalk between breast cancer and endothelial cells in organ specific microenvironments through the establishment of endothelial monolayers or perfusable microvascular networks. We study the gene silencing effect in each step of extravasation, which can be dissected in adhesion, trans-endothelial migration and early invasion of secondary organs leading to metastatic colonization.


NEWS / EVENTS

20/08/2011 Meet us at EORS 2011 in Vienna (1-2 Sep)!
03/06/2011 Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2011 in Granada (7-10 Jun)!
22/02/2011 Best Paper for the 2011 Draper Technology Digest
We are happy to announce that the paper “In vitro generation of mechanically functional cartilage grafts based on adult human stem cells and 3D-woven poly(epsilon-caprolactone) scaffolds” (Biomaterial
21/04/2011 OPB selected for Italia150 Exhibition
We are proud to announce that the Oscillating Perfusion Bioreactor patented by Matteo Moretti, PhD, has been selected from WIRED magazine for “Italy’s best 150 projects representing the future” at the
02/01/2011 Meet us at ORS 2011 in Long Beach (13-16 Jan)!

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