Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 93-102 , January 2012

The effects of cancer progression on the viscoelasticity of ovarian cell cytoskeleton structures

  • Alperen N. Ketene, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
    • VT MEMS Lab, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Eva M. Schmelz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Paul C. Roberts, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Masoud Agah, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VT MEMS Lab, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061.

Received 4 February 2011 ,Accepted 19 May 2011.

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 Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

 E.M.S. and P.C.R. are supported in part by NIH/NCI CA118846. This study was made possible by the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No. ECCS-IDR 0925945 as well as the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).

PII: S1549-9634(11)00184-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.05.012

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 93-102 , January 2012

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