$2.5 Million NIH Grant To Study Cells' Reaction To Physical Force

$2.5 Million NIH Grant To Study Cells' Reaction To Physical Force
Medical News Today
25 September 2009
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The National Institutes of Health has announced an award of $2.5 million to a team led by Boston University biomedical engineer Bela Suki that will study the role of physical forces on cell function, with the goal of understanding the possible roles of these forces in diseases like atherosclerosis, neuro-degenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, aging and cancer.

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