Title: Biomimetic materials to control neuroblastoma progression
Abstract
Neuroblastoma is one of the deadliest and most common pediatric cancer. In some cases, treatments are not efficient. While there is research on potential drugs, most candidates that succeeded the first test fails when in come to clinical tests. We theorized that the way drugs are tested could be a factor. To run drug test, cells are put in plastic or glass supports and drugs of interest are added. However, our body is very different from those supports. Our tissues are softer, and our cells are in contact with a chemically complex microenvironment. In this project, we developed a mean to reduce this gap while retaining the advantages of the classical approach. We engineered a biomaterial of which stiffness can be controlled, and molecules of interest from the body can be grafted, all of that in high content. This biomaterial can either be 2D, or 3D, and fits in support classically used in cell culture. We then tested reaction of neuroblastoma cells to the developed biomaterial.
Direction / Supervision
Catherine Picart
Elisa Migliorini