Studying the mechanical sensitivity of human colon cancer cells through a novel bio-mems force sensor

Proceedings of the ASME 1st Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology 2010, NEMB2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-46

  Tang, Xin ^a   Cappa, Tony ^b   Kuhlenschmidt, Theresa B ^b   Kuhlenschmidt, Mark S ^b   Saif, Taher A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS;

CANCER CELLS; CANCER PROGRESSION; HUMAN COLON CANCER CELLS; MECHANICAL SENSITIVITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS;

DISEASES;

EID: 77955060256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/nemb2010-13237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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