Microsensors Offer First Look at Whether Cell Mass Affects Growth Rate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101115131125.htm
Published on Nov. 15, 2010.
By: Science Daily
University of Illinois students are using a new kind of microsensors to answer one of the questions in biology.The relationship between cell mass (depending on how much mass your cells have) and growth rate (depending on how fast you are growing). Here is what Bashir, who also directs the Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering Laboratory at Illinois said. "It's merging micro-scale engineering and cell biology," said Bashir, who also directs the Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering Laboratory at Illinois. "We can help advance biology by fabricating new tools that can be used to address important questions in cell biology, cancer research and tissue engineering." He basically said the we can help make biology advanced by making new tools that can be used to address important questions in cell biology, cancer research and tissue engineering. "As you make the structure smaller and smaller, it becomes more sensitive to the mass that's placed on it," Bashir said. He is very right! Just like when today in science class we saw how much water droplets could fit on a penny! The smaller the serfus area(in this case a structure) the it becomes more and more sensitive to the mass that is put on it!