scaffold

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They then added the new cells to this scaffold and placed it in a bioreactor - a special container that pumps vital growth fluids through the tissue - to grow and mature for a week.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

This temporary scaffold allows immune and repair cells to move in while delivering nutrients.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Parents have since paid for a temporary scaffold bridge that allows people to traverse the condemned bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

When a nerve is cut it sprouts a basic scaffold that it tries to regenerate along, but which only last about 10 days.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Within a year, Dad designed a scaffold that made him the fastest bricklayer on the job.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey