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…d for 2 days in the plates prior to embed- ding within collagen gels to allow for spheroid compaction. 2.2. Preparation of collagen gels 2.2.1. Isolation and non-enzymatic glycation of collagen Type I collagen was isolated from rat tail tendons (Pel-Freeze Biologicals, Rogers, AR) and extracted in 0.1% sterile acetic acid (JT Baker, Phillipsburg, NJ) at 4 C. The resulting solution was cen- tri