In search of a softer environment

CELL MIGRATION

Nature Materials volume 21, pages 995–996 (2022)Cite this article

By maximizing cell–substrate force transmission, cancer cells can migrate towards either stiffer or softer substrate regions.

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Department of Physics, King’s College London, London, UK
Amy E. M. Beedle
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, the Barcelona Institute of Technology, Barcelona, Spain
Amy E. M. Beedle & Pere Roca-Cusachs
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Pere Roca-Cusachs

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Beedle, A.E.M., Roca-Cusachs, P. In search of a softer environment. Nat. Mater. 21, 995–996 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01345-8