Review Article

Emerging Stem Cell Controls: Nanomaterials and Plasma Effects

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(a) Substrate controlling the cell shape and fate. (b) The signal islands strategy being applied to control stem cells. (c) Different nanostructured surface exerts different forces over the cytoskeleton of the cell. (d) Example of nanostructured organization (hexagonal, square, dislocated square, and disordered). ((a) and (b) reprinted from [16] with permission from AAAS. (c) reprinted from [17], Copyright (2009), with permission from Elsevier. (d) reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.: Nature Materials [18], Copyright (2007).)
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