Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields - but in opposite directions. Their results, published April 8 in the journal iCurrent Biology/i, could ultimately lead to new ways to heal wounds and deliver stem cell therapies. When cells crawl into wounded flesh to heal it, they follow an electric field. In healthy tissue ...Saturday 30 March 2013
Scientists Explain How Cells and Cell Fragments Move in Electric Fields
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields - but in opposite directions. Their results, published April 8 in the journal iCurrent Biology/i, could ultimately lead to new ways to heal wounds and deliver stem cell therapies. When cells crawl into wounded flesh to heal it, they follow an electric field. In healthy tissue ...
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