Matthew S Schmitt1, Jonathan Colen1, Stefano Sala2

  • 1James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Cell
|January 9, 2024
PubMed
概括

科学家们开发了一种数据驱动的方法, 这种方法使用神经网络推断细胞力量,进步我们对细胞粘附和迁移的理解.

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