NUS research team plumbs the body's plumbing

A team of scientists from NUS, A*STAR and France's National Centre for Scientific Research, led by Assoc Prof Virgile Viasnoff and Prof Hanry Yu from the Mechanobiology Institute at NUS, discovered the biological mechanism for the production of epithelial tubes. The study found that the shape and size of these tubes may be affected by mechanical forces between cells and their surroundings. The findings offer hope for developing better therapies for diseases.

• The Straits Times, 26 February 2016, Science, pB14