Self-assembled Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) exhibit features similar to patterns observed in fingerprints and defects observed in liquid crystals. (IMAGE)

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Self-assembled Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) exhibit features similar to patterns observed in fingerprints and defects observed in liquid crystals.

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The left panels show ‘whorl’ and ‘delta’ patterns in fingerprint images taken from Wikimedia Commons. The middle panels are fluorescent images of MSCs labelled with actin staining dye. The scale bar is 500 microns. The right panels show a typical ‘spiral-shaped’ defect and a ‘trefoil-shaped’ defect in liquid crystal

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