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Making bone via nanoscale kicks

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Causing nanoscale vibrations in bone-marrow stromal cells embedded in a soft collagen gel induces the cells to undergo osteogenic differentiation and mineralization via mechanosensitive signalling pathways.

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  1. Biological Design Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Jeroen Eyckmans & Christopher S. Chen

  2. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Jeroen Eyckmans & Christopher S. Chen

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