Epithelial cells are subjected to strains of varied rates and magnitudes 1,2,3. Some deformations are sustained for a period of several minutes rather than acute lasting only seconds. Cells have ...
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) reside in regionally variable niches that provide diverse microenvironmental cues such as tissue oxygen status, and morphogen signaling. Integration of these cues with ISC ...
About six years ago, Claire Ang, a graduate student in stem cell biologist Kara McKinley’s lab at Harvard University, first observed the mouse uterine tissue under a microscope and fell in love with ...