Uncover the latest and most impactful research in Atomic Force Microscopy in Cell Mechanics and Biological Systems. Explore pioneering discoveries, insightful ideas and new methods from leading ...

A new review in Molecular Biology Reports unifies how mechanobiological cues at cellular adhesions drive cytoskeletal ...

Single-cell force spectroscopy (SCFS) refers to a family of techniques that quantify the mechanical interaction between an individual living cell and a substrate, a neighbouring cell or extracellular ...

New model extracts stiffness and fluidity from AFM data in minutes, enabling fast, accurate mechanical characterization of living cells at single-cell resolution. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Cells are not ...

Macrophages drive key immune processes including inflammation, tissue repair, and tumorigenesis via distinct polarization states whose accurate identification is vital for diagnosis and immunotherapy.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have reimagined the capabilities of atomic force microscopy, or AFM, transforming it from a tool for imaging nanoscale features ...

Using localized force-distance curves from AFM, a deep neural network was trained and biologically validated to predict and accurately distinguish macrophage polarization states, including complex ...