Magnetic pulling of the strings (IMAGE)

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Magnetic pulling of the strings

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How to enhance the development of new drugs while reducing reliance on animal testing? One possible answer is the engineering of microvascular networks from human cells, whose growth can be precisely controlled using magnetic field. The recent work by scientists from IPC PAS shows how this can be achieved.

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Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski

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