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Elevated contractility drives implantation failure in mouse embryos from aged females

Nature Cell Biology

The paper

Kate E. Cavanaugh, M. J. Franco-Oñate, Nicole Horsley,

Dilan Gokyer, Tomiris Atazhanova, Diana J. Laird, Patrick W. Oakes, Joan K. Riley, Francesca Elizabeth Duncan, MaryEllen Pavone, Matteo Molé, Ricard Alert,

Orion David Weiner

University of California, San Francisco

Nature Cell Biology · 25 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1038/s41556-026-02052-1 PubMed 42642655

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