News tagged with cellular force
Microfabricated device measures cellular forces during tissue development (w/Video)
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A University of Pennsylvania-collaboration of bioengineers studying the physical forces generated by individual cells has created a tiny micron-sized device that allows researchers to measure and manipulate ...
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Molecular motor works by detecting minute changes in force
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that the activity of a specific family of nanometer-sized molecular motors called myosin-I is regulated by force. The motor puts tension on cellular ...
Programmed cell death contributes force to the movement of cells
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Sep 18, 2008 |
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In addition to pruning cells out of the way during embryonic development, the much-studied process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, has been newly found to exert significant mechanical force on surrounding cells.
Stem cell derived neurons for research relevant to Alzheimer's and Niemann-Pick type C diseases
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Stem cell derived neurons may allow scientists to determine whether breakdowns in the transport of proteins, lipids and other materials within cells trigger the neuronal death and neurodegeneration that characterize Alzheimer's ...
MIT engineers show how tiny cell proteins generate force to 'walk'
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have shown how a cell motor protein exerts the force to move, enabling functions such as cell division.
In a Chemical Library, Yale Researchers Finds Keys to Cell Movement
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rummaging through a biotechnology company’s chemical closet, Yale University researchers found two molecules that will allow scientists to better study how cells move.
Insight into HIV's 'on-off' switch shows promise for therapy, understanding cellular decisions
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered how a genetic circuit in HIV controls whether the virus turns on or stays dormant, and have succeeded ...
Bioengineers devise nanoscale system to measure cellular forces
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 27, 2007 |
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University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces.
Researchers find cells move in mysterious ways (w/ Video)
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Our cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether ...
Small mechanical forces have big impact on embryonic stem cells
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Applying a small mechanical force to embryonic stem cells could be a new way of coaxing them into a specific direction of differentiation, researchers at the University of Illinois report. Applications for force-directed ...
Researchers work out the mechanics of asymmetric cell division
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May 03, 2007 |
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When a cell divides, normally the result is two identical daughter cells. In some cases however, cell division leads to two cells with different properties. This is called asymmetric cell division and plays an important role ...
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