Browsing Civil and Environmental Engineering by Supervisor "Brodland, Wayne"
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The Biomechanics of Mammary Epithelial Morphogenesis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-28)Major organs and tissues such as the lung, kidney, liver, and the salivary and mammary glands are complex structures, but share a fundamental building block – epithelial cells. During tissue formation – a process known as ... -
A Finite Element Investigation of Possible Mechanisms of Luminal Cell Escape from the Mammary Duct: An Initial Step in Breast Cancer Metastasis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)Cancer is an illness that kills some ten million people every year, and as cancer rates increase, a cure for metastatic disease is more necessary than ever. Breast cancer is the most common form of malignancy in the female ...