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...

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