Immune Cells Can Sense Tissue Stiffness, and Stiffer Surroundings Push Them to Stand Guard, McGill Study Finds
Nature World News | 30.10.2026 00:19Immune cells can feel how stiff their surroundings are, and that sense of touch helps decide whether they settle into tissues as long-term guards, McGill University researchers report in Nature Immunology. When human and mouse T cells were grown in collagen gels tuned to different firmness, stiffer gels pushed more of them toward a tissue-resident memory state.
