23 papers · ranked by Valyu relevance
Induni N. Weerarathna, Praveen Kumar, Anurag Luharia, Gaurav Mishra
In the dynamic realm of healthcare, the convergence of engineering and biomedical sciences has emerged as a pivotal frontier. In this review we go into specific areas of innovation, including medical imaging and diagnosis, developments in biomedical sensors, and drug delivery systems. Wearable biosensors, non-wearable…
Luis Montesinos, David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro, Alejandro Santos-Diaz
Background The growing demand for more efficient, timely, and safer health services, together with insufficient resources, put unprecedented pressure on health systems worldwide. This challenge has motivated the application of principles and tools of operations management and lean systems to healthcare processes to…
Miriam Filippi
Biomedicine is moving from sculpting tissues to engineering systems. In the last decade, advances in micro- and nano-architectures, three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting, miniaturized machines, soft technologies, and machine-learning-driven design have converged to redefine both diagnostics and therapeutics. The…
Micky C. Nnamdi, J. Ben Tamo, Wenqi Shi, May D. Wang
—Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has significantly impacted biomedical engineering (BME) education since its introduction in the early 2000s, effectively enhancing critical thinking and real-world knowledge application among students. With biomedical engineering rapidly converging with artificial intelligence (AI)…
Kristen Billiar, Taimoor Afzal, Olufunmilayo Ayobami, Solomon Mensah
Undergraduate engineering students often face two major barriers: limited access to culturally sensitive global experiences and difficulty securing design internship opportunities. Traditional study abroad and internship programs can be inaccessible due to financial, geographic, or structural constraints, hindering the…
Chia-Wei Hsu, Terra Williams, Xiang Yu
3D printing has been applied to multiple areas since 1980. Biomedical applications have grown significantly and become the mainstream of 3D printing applications. In this review, we elucidated the publication distribution of biomedical 3D printing using the CAS Content Collection. From 2010 to 2021, journal and patent…
Rekha Raja, Ali Leylavi Shoushtari
Fabrication techniques for biomedical applications encompass a range of methods used to create functional and tailored devices, structures, or materials with specific properties for use in the field of medicine. These techniques play a crucial role in developing biomedical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, drug…
Hartmut Witte, Stanislav N. Gorb
Biomechatronics is an engineering subject in which biomimetics as a method is one of its two supporting pillars: biology for engineering, or Bio4Eng. This is contrasted with biocompatible design, or Eng4Bio, examples of which are human-serving systems, such as exoskeletons, and biomedical engineering. The paper aims to…
Christoph Herwig
Biochemical engineering is a multidisciplinary field that utilizes principles of biology, chemistry, and engineering to develop processes and products involving biological materials. It aims to address global challenges related to healthcare, environmental sustainability, energy production, and industrial innovation by…
Mehedi Hasan Himel, Bejoy Sikder, Tanvir Ahmed, Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury
'Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury'] Biomimicry has been utilized in many branches of science and engineering to develop devices for enhanced and better performance. The application of nanotechnology has made life easier in modern times. It has offered a way to manipulate matter and systems at the atomic level. As a result, the…
Miriam Filippi, Aiste Balciunaite, Antonia Georgopoulou, Pablo Paniagua + 5 more
Biohybrid robots are emergent soft robots that combine engineered artificial structures and living biosystems to exploit unique characteristics of biological cells and tissues. Skeletal muscle tissue-based bio-actuators can respond to externally applied stimuli, such as electrical fields. However, current bio-actuation…
Sabina Cristiana Badulescu, Emma Adriana Ozon, Adina Magdalena Musuc, Manuela Diana Ene + 2 more
Over the past 200 years (1820-2020), global life expectancy has nearly tripled, increasing from 26 to 72.91 years, due to factors such as poverty reduction and public health initiatives. Today, society faces different challenges than it did centuries ago. In patient care and healthcare system priorities, the goal is to…
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This review paper summarizes recent advances in programmable hydrogels, emphasizing their synthesis, characterization, and wide range of applications in medicine and agriculture. Hydrogels, three-dimensional, hydrophilic polymer networks capable of absorbing enormous amounts of water, exhibit exceptional mechanical…
Fariha Ahmad, Hannah Jackson, Matthew Kuhn, Katherine Danko + 1 more
Scientific journal editors serve as gatekeepers with the decision-making power of assigning reviewers to manuscripts. Serving as an editor is also an important stage in a young academic’s career progression, and an indicator of high regard/acceptance within one’s academic field. For both of these reasons, it is…
R Bardini, S Di Carlo
Biofabrication is the generation of biologically functional products from living cells and biomaterials through bioprinting and subsequent maturation processes. Technological and scientific domains are underlying biofabrication ranging from biology to automated manufacturing and culture systems. Among its application…
Jiannan Li, Carolyn Kim, Hossein V. Alizadeh, Shreya Garg + 5 more
Engineering native-mimetic tissue constructs is challenging due to their intricate biological and structural gradients. To address this, Hybprinter-SAM was developed by integrating three bioprinting technologies: syringe extrusion (SE), acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) and molten material extrusion (MME). This system…
Levin Hafa, Louise Breideband, Lucas Ramirez Posada, Núria Torras + 3 more
This research introduces a new 3D bioprinter that incorporates live imaging of the bioprinted tissue with high resolution and high-speed capabilities. The printer employs a light sheet-based system to photocrosslink polymers into hydrogels at a printing speed of up to 0.66 mm³/s with a resolution of 15.7 µm. A…
Song Jiang, Tianjin Zhang
This article discussed a novel hydrogel, which was created through Michael addition. Two precursors dextran functionalized maleimide groups and hyaluronic acid functionalized thiol groups were designed, prepared, and characterized by NMR. The formed hydrogels were investigated by gelation time, swelling studies…
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Hybrid nanocomposite hydrogels consist of the homogeneous incorporation of nano-objects in a hydrogel matrix. The latter, whether made of natural or synthetic materials, possesses a microporous, soft structure that makes it an ideal host for a variety of polymer and lipid-based nano-objects as well as metal- and…
Moein Zarei, Marek J. Żwir, Beata Michalkiewicz, Miroslawa El Fray
Fabricating complex hierarchical structures mimicking natural vessels and arteries is pivotal for addressing problems of cardiovascular diseases. Various fabrication strategies have been explored to achieve this goal, each contributing unique advantages and challenges to the development of functional vascular grafts.…
Rafael Mestre, Judith Fuentes, Laura Lefaix, Jiaojiao Wang + 4 more
Biohybrid robots, or bio-bots, integrate living and synthetic materials following a synergistic strategy to acquire some of the unique properties of biological organisms, like adaptability or bio-sensing, which are difficult to obtain exclusively using artificial materials. Skeletal muscle is one of the preferred…
Tjaart P. J. Krüger
This report is a serious call to scientists, innovators, investors, and policymakers to invest in the development of biophysics in Africa. The complex problems of our day demand multidisciplinary approaches, and biophysics offers training in much-needed multi- and cross-disciplinary thinking. Biophysics is a research…
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Self-organizing tissues, such as organoids, offer transformative potential beyond healthcare by enabling the sustainable production of advanced materials. Resource scarcity and global warming drive the need for innovative fabrication solutions. This prospective review explores developmental biology as a manufacturing…