Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the `stickiness of life.` The big idea is that cells, tissues and organisms hailing from all limbs of the tree of life respond to stimuli using basic biological `modules.` For example, the researchers outlined similar strategies across biology for fulfilling the tasks of `sticking together` (cell-cell interactions), `sticking to their surroundings` (cell-extracellular matrix [ECM] interactions), and responding to forces.

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