Cellular stretch reveals superelastic powers

Cellular stretch reveals superelastic powers

Cellular stretch reveals superelastic powers, Published online: 31 October 2018; doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07172-9

External forces can make cells undergo large, irreversible deformations. It emerges that stretched mammalian cells grown in vitro can enter a state called superelasticity, in which large, reversible deformations occur.

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