Summary:
- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how physical forces, such as pressure and tension, impact the movement and behavior of cells.
- Understanding how cells respond to physical cues is important for developing treatments for diseases and injuries, as well as for engineering tissues and organs.
- The research team will use advanced microscopy and computational modeling to investigate the specific mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to physical forces, which could lead to new insights and therapies.