How mechanical forces can encode function in cells and lead to fibrosis
The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...
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Nursery of the blood: How stem cells calm the body's immune response
Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...
Silk sponges instead of animal testing: How a 3D cell culture system could advance cancer diagnostics
A consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien, together with ...