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Liquid crystals in living tissue

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  • Linda S. Hirst

    (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, California 95343, USA.)

  • Guillaume Charras

    (Guillaume Charras is at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, UK.)

Abstract

Evidence has been found that a biological tissue might behave like a liquid crystal. Even more remarkably, topological defects in this liquid-crystal system seem to influence cell behaviour. A materials physicist and a biologist discuss what the findings mean for researchers in their fields. See Letter p.212

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  • Linda S. Hirst & Guillaume Charras, 2017. "Liquid crystals in living tissue," Nature, Nature, vol. 544(7649), pages 164-165, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:544:y:2017:i:7649:d:10.1038_544164a
    DOI: 10.1038/544164a
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