The dance of the cells: A minuet or a mosh?

Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have, for the first time, devised a way to measure the forces that guide how cells migrate during collective cellular migration. Their surprising conclusion is that the cells fight it out, each pushing and pulling on its neighbors in a chaotic dance, yet together moving cooperatively toward their intended direction.

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