
Research Methods
In Vitro vs. In Vivo: What Each Term Means
In vitro research is performed in a laboratory outside the body, such as work with cultured cells or a cell-free reaction.
A result makes more sense once you know where the experiment happened and what the model could represent. Here we read methods as carefully as headlines, separating observations made in a dish, a living system, and a clinical setting.

In vitro research is performed in a laboratory outside the body, such as work with cultured cells or a cell-free reaction.