Vanilla Stem (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vanilla Stem

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The stem of a vanilla plant as viewed through a scanning electron microscope. Plant structures like these, stripped of their cells, are turning out to be effective three dimensional scaffolds for growing human cells that could one day be used in cell or tissue replacement strategies. 

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Gianluca Fontana/UW-Madison

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