The University of Glasgow
Centre for the
Cellular Microenvironment
Stem cells can develop into many different cell types and allow our bodies to heal, such as when making new bone after a fracture. The immediate environment around them is highly specialised, it conveys both mechanical and chemical signals to the stem cells, and this has a big effect on their activity. They ‘decide’ what …
This is a presentation post on the paper Tsimbouri, Childs et al. Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 1, p 758–770 (2017). doi: 10.1038/s41551-017-0127-4 By Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri. People live longer but our body parts cannot keep up, we need new therapies for a better quality of …