How our tissues manage mechanical stress
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 08:40
in Biology & Nature
When running, breathing and moving, the body is continuously deforming. How do the tissues in the body deal with all these mechanical stresses? Publishing today in Nature Physics, researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and AMOLF institute show how the two principal components of soft tissues, collagen and hyaluronic acid, work together for finely tuning the mechanical response of our tissues.