Associate Professor Michael Yu, Yang Li, Jared L. Zitnay and Jeff Weiss (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Associate Professor Michael Yu, Yang Li, Jared L. Zitnay and Jeff Weiss

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A team of researchers led by University of Utah bioengineering professors has discovered that damage to collagen, the main building block of all human tissue, can occur much earlier at a molecular level from too much physical stress. From left to right: University of Utah bioengineering associate professor Michael Yu, research associate Yang Li, graduate student Jared L. Zitnay and bioengineering professor Jeff Weiss.

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