Acoustic microfluidic devices are powerful tools that use sound waves to manipulate micro-
or nanoscale objects or fluids in analytical chemistry and biomedicine. Their simple device …

When animal cells enter mitosis, they round up to become spherical. This shape change is
accompanied by changes in mechanical properties. Multiple studies using different …

Cell size and cell count are adaptively regulated and intimately linked to growth and
function. Yet, despite their widespread relevance, the relation between cell size and count …

Precise and selective manipulation of colloids and biological cells has long been motivated
by applications in materials science, physics and the life sciences. Here we introduce our …

Nucleotide metabolism supports RNA synthesis and DNA replication to enable cell growth
and division. Nucleotide depletion can inhibit cell growth and proliferation, but how cells …

Cell mechanical properties, eg elastic and shear modulus, play vital roles in cell activities
and functions, such as cell growth, cell division, cell motion, and cell adhesion …

Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) has previously been identified as an
endosomal protein that blocks viral infection,–. Here we studied clinical cohorts of patients …

Sensing the mechanical properties of the substrates or the matrix by the cells and the
tissues, the subsequent downstream responses at the cellular, nuclear and epigenetic levels …

Several techniques have been developed over the past few decades to assess the
mechanical properties of biological samples, which has fueled a rapid growth in the fields of …

Stem cells are remarkably small. Whether small size is important for stem cell function is
unknown. We find that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) enlarge under conditions known to …