Laser-Driven Platform Spins Single Cells Along Any Axis in Real Time
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a laser-driven opto-thermo-osmotic platform that rotates single cells along arbitrary ...
Tag: mechanobiology
Touch-Sensing Piezo Channels Found to Steer the Cells That Build Our Teeth
Researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore have shown that the mechanosensitive ion channels Piezo1 and Piezo2 drive the terminal ...
Remembering the Scientific Power Couple Who Taught Blood Vessels to Obey Physics
A tribute in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering celebrates the lives and mechanobiology legacy of Dr. Suzanne G. Eskin and ...
Sudden Stress Surges, Not Chronic Load, Push Cancer Cells Toward Invasive Growth, MRI-Tracking Sensors Reveal
A new MRI-readable nanoparticle sensor shows that abrupt surges of mechanical stress, rather than cumulative load, trigger epithelial–mesenchymal transition in ...
Biophysicist Kandice Tanner Wins 2027 Bárány Award for Metastasis Discoveries
The Biophysical Society will honor National Cancer Institute biophysicist Kandice Tanner with the 2027 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for ...
How Cancer Cells Bend, Fold and Drift in Blood Flow: Shape and Stiffness Hold the Key
A new hybrid simulation framework shows that a cancer cell's shape sets its deformation pathway in blood flow while membrane ...
Sluggish Blood Flow May Tear Down the Kidney’s Slippery Sugar Shield in Nephrotic Syndrome
Combining a rat model of nephrotic syndrome with vascular-on-a-chip and glomerulus-on-a-chip platforms, researchers show that reduced flow-associated mechanical stimulation is ...
New Microscopy Technique Measures the Hidden Forces Cells Exert in Crowded Tissues
Researchers have developed confinement force microscopy, a tunable microconfinement platform that brings quantitative traction force measurements to cells studied under ...
Ultrasound Waves Reawaken Ovarian Cancer Cells’ Vulnerability to Iron-Driven Death
Low-intensity focused ultrasound with microbubbles disrupts plasma membrane properties of paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancer cells, disabling SLC7A11 and triggering ferroptotic cell ...
Blood Vessels May Hum at High Frequencies, and Those Vibrations Could Drive Vascular Disease
Researchers report that disturbed blood flow can make vessel walls vibrate at high frequencies, and that these vibrations may directly ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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