The interplay between genetic transformations, biochemical communications, and physical
interactions is crucial in cancer progression. Metastasis, a leading cause of cancer-related …

The forces that cells, tissues, and organisms exert on the surface of a soft substrate can be
measured using Traction Force Microscopy (TFM), an important and well-established …

Cancer cell extravasation, a key step in the metastatic cascade, involves cancer cell arrest
on the endothelium, transendothelial migration (TEM), followed by the invasion into the …

The stiffness of tumors and their host tissues is much higher than most hydrogels, which are
conventionally used to study in vitro cancer progression. The tumoroid assay is an …

Cells self-organize into functional, ordered structures during tissue morphogenesis, a
process that is evocative of colloidal self-assembly into engineered soft materials …

Widespread neurodegeneration, enlargement of cerebral ventricles, and atrophy of cortical
and hippocampal brain structures are classic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

The most widely-used representation of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean
hyperelastic model is considered in this paper. The version under investigation is that which …

Functional hydrogels are three-dimensional polymeric networks with potential applicability
in the field of wearable electronics. However, hydrogels are often used to develop devices …

Nanoindentation refers to a class of experimental techniques where a micrometric force
probe is used to quantify the local mechanical properties of soft biomaterials and cells. This …

The remarkable contractility and force generation ability exhibited by cancer cells empower
them to overcome the resistance and steric hindrance presented by a three-dimensional …