Case Study
3D Cultures of Disc-Chondrocytes
3D Cultures of Disc-Chondrocytes Optosensoric online monitoring of oxygen and pH kinetics Karin Benz and Jürgen Mollenhauer, Regenerative Medizin II, NMI Reutlingen, Markwiesenstraße 55, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany Hydrogel-based 3D cell culture systems offer particular advantages for tissue-engineering in cell-based therapy for disc-degeneration. However, light microscopical control of both culture quality and morphological differenti