Imaging characterization of a 3D bioprinted ovarian cancer model

Generate complex and complete tumor models with controlled and reproducible cell distributions without the limitations of dye penetration

As 2D cell culture-based models are increasingly questioned for their lack of predictivity, 3D bioprinting has emerged as an improved alternate approach as it produces models that are more representative of the tumor microenvironment.

In this application note, we explore how 3D bioprinting was used to create an ovarian cancer model comprised of cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts. This approach offers the possibility to create more complex and complete tumor models with controlled and reproducible cell distributions—without the limitations of dye penetration observed in other models.