Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 619-633 , October 2010

Nanotopographical modification: a regulator of cellular function through focal adhesions

  • Manus Jonathan Paul Biggs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nanotechnology Center for Mechanics in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    • Centre for Cell Engineering, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Nanotechnology Center for Mechanics in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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  • R. Geoff Richards, PhD

      Affiliations

    • AO Research Institute, AO Foundation, Davos Platz, Switzerland
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  • Matthew J. Dalby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cell Engineering, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Received 6 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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 This work was funded by the AO Research Fund, Switzerland (grant no. 04-D81) and The U.S. National Institutes of Health, Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative (grant no. PN2EY016586). M.J.D. is supported by the Biology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

PII: S1549-9634(10)00016-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2010.01.009

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 619-633 , October 2010

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