Measurement of Contractive Forces of Collagen V-Deficient Fibroblasts (IMAGE)

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Measurement of Contractive Forces of Collagen V-Deficient Fibroblasts

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Contraction force measurement for cardiac tissue. Formation of tissue between microposts (top image). Simulation of micropost displacement due to tissue contraction (bottom image).

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Khademhosseini lab

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