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- noun biology, mechanics The study of the
mechanics (physical forces and interactions) ofbiological systems
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Dr Jerome Noailly, study author and expert in the biomechanics and mechanobiology group at the Institute, said the study showed that nutrients could be the key factor.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Bioengineers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a system to control the flexibility of the substrate surfaces on which cells are grown without changing the surface properties, providing a technique for more controlled lab experiments on cellular mechanobiology, an important step in the scientific effort to understand how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces in their environment.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Beth Pruitt's research is in the field of microsystems and their application to biomechanics and microscale mechanobiology.
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Mofrad and a handful of fellow researchers are in the vanguard of a subspecialty called cellular mechanobiology, or cellular biomechanics, where they're stirring up the entire field of biology by adding physics to the mix.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Bioengineers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a system to control the flexibility of the substrate surfaces on which cells are grown without changing the surface properties, providing a technique for more controlled lab experiments on cellular mechanobiology, an important step in the scientific effort to understand how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces in their environment.
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Vascular mechanobiology: Endothelial cell responses to fluid shear stress.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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In the newly emerging field of mechanobiology, the
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That is, does the atonia in REM sleep provide a utility to help restore the mechanobiology and respective diurnal intervertebral disc hydraulic loss?
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Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford to study tendon mechanobiology and repair following injury or pathology.
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The study aims to better understand the mechanobiology of heart valves, both for its relationship to heart disease and to glean knowledge to apply to the development of engineered heart valve replacements.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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