Human Mesenchymal (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Human Mesenchymal (3 of 3)

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This is an image taken with a scanning electron microscope of human mesenchymal stem cells growing on a plate of short microposts. After one day of culturing, these cells spread more than cells cultured on long microposts. These will differentiate into bone cells. Even though these cells bend their shorter microposts less than their counterparts growing on longer microposts, they exert greater force to do so.

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Jianping Fu (University of Michigan)

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