Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Local viscoelasticity of living cells measured by rotational magnetic spectroscopy

  • J.-F. Berret

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10134
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Cells are recognized as having viscoelastic properties, but whether the cytoplasm resembles a viscoelastic liquid or an elastic gel is still debated. Here the authors use micron-sized wires rotating at variable speeds to show that the cytoplasm has properties of a viscoelastic liquid.