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Mechanical Stimulation of Stem Cells Using Cyclic Uniaxial Strain
 

Mechanical Stimulation of Stem Cells Using Cyclic Uniaxial Strain

Article DOI: 10.3791/242
July 29th, 2007

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Summary July 29th, 2007

It is widely understood that mechanical forces in the body can influence cell differentiation and proliferation. Here we present a video protocol demonstrating the use of a custom-built bioreactor for delivering uniaxial cyclic tensile strain to stem cells cultured on flexible micropatterned substrates.

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