HST的研究者们用一种在医疗上已广泛应用的学名为聚乙二醇(PEG)的多聚体来封装细胞，构成了他们的“生物乐高积木”。
The HST researchers built their “biological Legos” by encapsulating cells within a polymer called polyethylene glycol (PEG), which has many medical uses.
到目前为止，对于量子点的需求相对很小：比如说，它们被用于医疗成像上，做为一种高稳定性与超亮染色体的形式。
So far, demand for quantum dots has been relatively small: they are used in medical imaging, for example, as a form of highly stable and extremely bright dye.
细胞被封装于立方体后，它们就可以通过由聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)——一种也已被广泛用于医疗配件中的含硅多聚体——制成的模板被赋予各种形状。
Once the cells are in cube form, they can be arranged in specific shapes using templates made of PDMS, a silicon-based polymer used in many medical devices.
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