Submitted by Mehdi Kazemzadeh-Narbat
This image shows that the coculture of HUVECs and MSCs stem cells in a hydrogel can create a vascularized tissue-like structure. This is a key image of my research showing the possibility of formation of veins in the hydrogel in the laboratory.
Keywords: 2016, Khademhosseini Laboratory, epi-fluorescence microscopy, tissue engineering, blood vessels, MIT
Collection: Image Awards 2016