Preventing deformed limbs: New link found between physical forces and limb development

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

University of Toronto engineers and a pediatric surgeon have joined forces to discover that physical forces like pressure and tension affect the development of limbs in embryos—research that could someday be used to help prevent birth defects.

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