SAE Media Group’s 5th Annual Conference
3D Cell Culture
February 09-10, 2022 | Virtual Conference
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3D Cell Culture has gained increasing momentum in the pharmaceutical industry over recent years, with the global 3D Cell Culture market predicted to reach a value of $3.2 Billion by 2027, researchers globally are realising the growing potential of in vitro applications for drug discovery, predictivity and validation, safety and toxicity. 3D Cell Culture technology promises to offer increased translatability in models and reduce the costly rates of drug attrition in the discovery process -- heralding the next major advance in the discovery of pharmaceuticals.
A 3D cell culture is an artificially created environment in which biological cells are permitted to grow or interact with their surroundings in all three dimensions. Unlike 2D environments (e.g., a Petri dish), a 3D cell culture allows cells in vitro to grow in all directions, similar to how they would in vivo. The crux of 3D cell culture is mimicry – how to best replicate the living environment under experimental conditions, to have the best predictive capabilities when testing drugs.
These spatial and physical aspects in 3D cultures affect the signal transduction from the outside to the inside of cells, and ultimately influence gene expression and cellular behaviour – these are especially important factors to consider when testing a new drug.