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Cell alignment

How do cells decide which way to grow? The role of invisible mechanical cues in tissue organisation

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Right image: Human eye (left half) and Radial alignment of cells on a soft inhomogeneous substrate with an embedded glass bead at the center (right half)

Researchers at IIT Bombay uncover how strain fields produced by embedded inhomogeneities within biomaterials influence cell alignment, reshaping our understanding of cell behaviour in development, disease, and tissue engineering.

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