Mechanical regulation of cell substrates effects stem cell development, adhesion
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 04:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Bioengineers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a system to control the flexibility of the substrate surfaces on which cells are grown without changing the surface properties, providing a technique for more controlled lab experiments on cellular mechanobiology, an important step in the scientific effort to understand how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces in their environment...