Stem cells tend to be smaller and have a slightly more compact shape than the differentiated cells. Differentiated cells appear to be much more spread and they appear to exert different levels of force on the matrix in which they are grown. That force can be read to a liquid crystal. Through simple changes of liquid crystal texture and color, our cell culture system is able to report, in real time, the cell interactions with the underlying support on which they are grown. |
There isn't much known about these cells. So, we try things and see what happens. And every time we do, we find something. We're seeing things people haven't seen before. |