Anchoring points determine fate of stem cells

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 08:31 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) -- Researchers were positive: a substrate’s softness influences the behaviour of stem cells in culture. Now other researchers have made a new discovery: the number of anchoring points to which the cells can adhere is pivotal.

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