Mechanical cues reprogram normal cell lines into stem-like cells
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 06:20
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the University at Buffalo and other institutions have turned cells normally used as model cells, known as immortalized cells, into stem or, as they call it, "stem-like" cells, using nothing more than mechanical stress. They have done it without employing the potentially hazardous techniques previously used to obtain similar results.