Innovative Methodology A simple device to apply equibiaxial strain to cells cultured on flexible membranes
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Obaida R. Rana, Carsten Zobel, Esra Saygili, Klara Brixius, Felix Gramley, Thomas Schimpf, Karl Mischke, Dirk Frechen, Christian Knackstedt, Robert H. G. Schwinger, Patrick Schauerte, and Erol Saygili Department of Cardiology, University Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen; Laboratory of Muscle Research and Molecular Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne; and Medical Clinic II, Klinikum Weiden, Weiden, Germany
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A simple device to apply equibiaxial strain to cells cultured on flexible membranes.
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