Stem cells shape up to their surroundings

Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

Many scientists aspire to take control over the stem cell differentiation process, so that we can grow organs and implants perfectly matched to each patient in the future. Now research explains how engineering the topography on which stem cells grow, and the mechanical forces working on them, can be as powerful an agent for change as their chemical environment.

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