Mechanical stimulation of stem cells using cyclic uniaxial strain

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kurpinski, Kyle ^a   Li, Song ^a  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cell biology; Issue 6; Mechanical strain; Micropatterning; Stem cells; Tissue culture; Tissue engineering; Uniaxial

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055120096     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/242     Document Type: Article

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