Tissue engineers use new system to measure biomaterials, structures
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 22:30
in Physics & Chemistry
As cells assemble into a donut shape and ascend a hydrogel cone, they do work and thereby reveal the total power involved in forming a three-dimensional structure. That measure not only could help tissue engineers understand their living building materials better, but could also add insight to the understanding of natural tissue formation.