Magnetic soft robotics to manipulate the extracellular matrix in vitro.

Roy, Avinava; Loebel, Claudia · Cell · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The importance of dynamic mechanical control over the cellular microenvironment has long been appreciated. In a recent issue of Device, Raman and colleagues design a clever yet generalizable tool to achieve this, illustrating magnetic stimulation of an engineered extracellular matrix to induce muscle fiber alignment toward programmed functioning.

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