The application of imaging techniques prevalent in materials science to the biological process of soft tissue calcification lends new insight into age-related cardiovascular disease.
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Miller, J. Orbicular origins. Nature Mater 12, 476–478 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3663
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