Cell stiffness predicts cancer cell sensitivity to ultrasound as a selective superficial cancer therapy

• Main Authors: Eden Bergman (Author), Riki Goldbart (Author), Tamar Traitel (Author), Eliz Amar‐Lewis (Author), Jonathan Zorea (Author), Ksenia Yegodayev (Author), Irit Alon (Author), Sanela Rankovic (Author), Yuval Krieger (Author), Itay Rousso (Author), Moshe Elkabets (Author), Joseph Kost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract We hypothesize that the biomechanical properties of cells can predict their viability, with Young's modulus representing the former and cell sensitivity to ultrasound representing the latter. Using atomic force microscopy, we show that the Young's modulus stiffness measure is sign...