Tiny oil droplets help measure mechanical forces produced by living cells that shape tissues and organs

Monday, December 9, 2013 - 05:32 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —As embryonic tissue develops, cells push and pull on each other, and they must do so correctly for the tissue to develop properly. Now scientists at Harvard University have devised the first method to measure these tiny forces in three-dimensional tissues and living embryos.

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