Magnetic Nano-'shepHErds' Organize Cells

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 16:42 in Physics & Chemistry

A multidisciplinary team of investigators from Case Western Reserve University, Duke University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, created an environment where magnetic particles suspended within a specialized liquid solution acted like molecular sheep dogs by nudging free-floating human cells to form chains in response to external magnetic fields.

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