Biological cells respond actively to the physical properties of their surroundings as well as to external mechanical forces — a coupling that is captured in a model of a cell as a contractile dipole, and shown to drive cell re-orientation.
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Rehfeldt, F., Discher, D. Cell dipoles feel their way. Nature Phys 3, 592–593 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys712
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