N De Geyter,R Morent
N De Geyter
The recent tremendous progress in understanding physical plasma phenomena, together with the development of new plasma sources, has put a growing focus on the application of nonthermal plasmas in the biomedical domain. Among several novel a...
Keith H K Wong,Juliana M Chan,Roger D Kamm et al.
Keith H K Wong et al.
In vitro studies of vascular physiology have traditionally relied on cultures of endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and pericytes grown on centimeter-scale plates, filters, and flow chambers. The introduction of microfluidic tools has ...
Dae-Hyeong Kim,Roozbeh Ghaffari,Nanshu Lu et al.
Dae-Hyeong Kim et al.
Advances in materials, mechanics, and manufacturing now allow construction of high-quality electronics and optoelectronics in forms that can readily integrate with the soft, curvilinear, and time-dynamic surfaces of the human body. The resu...
Trine Krogh-Madsen,David J Christini
Trine Krogh-Madsen
The dynamics of many cardiac arrhythmias, as well as the nature of transitions between different heart rhythms, have long been considered evidence of nonlinear phenomena playing a direct role in cardiac arrhythmogenesis. In most types of ca...
Rapid prototyping for biomedical engineering: current capabilities and challenges [0.03%]
生物医学工程快速成型技术：现状及挑战
Andrés Díaz Lantada,Pilar Lafont Morgado
Andrés Díaz Lantada
A new set of manufacturing technologies has emerged in the past decades to address market requirements in a customized way and to provide support for research tasks that require prototypes. These new techniques and technologies are usually ...
The effect of nanoparticle size, shape, and surface chemistry on biological systems [0.03%]
纳米颗粒的大小、形状和表面化学性质对生物系统的影响
Alexandre Albanese,Peter S Tang,Warren C W Chan
Alexandre Albanese
An understanding of the interactions between nanoparticles and biological systems is of significant interest. Studies aimed at correlating the properties of nanomaterials such as size, shape, chemical functionality, surface charge, and comp...
Kim A Woodrow,Kaila M Bennett,David D Lo
Kim A Woodrow
Mucosal surfaces are a major portal of entry for many human pathogens that are the cause of infectious diseases worldwide. Vaccines capable of eliciting mucosal immune responses can fortify defenses at mucosal front lines and protect agains...
Celeste M Nelson,Jason P Gleghorn
Celeste M Nelson
The ramified architectures of organs such as the mammary gland and lung are generated via branching morphogenesis, a developmental process through which individual cells bud and pinch off of pre-existing epithelial sheets. Although specifie...
Erik L Ritman
Erik L Ritman
Use of microscopic computed-tomography (micro-CT) scanning continues to grow in biomedical research. Laboratory-based micro-CT scanners, laboratory-based nano-CT scanners, and integrated micro-CT/SPECT and micro-CT/PET scanners are now manu...
Elisa Konofagou,Wei-Ning Lee,Jianwen Luo et al.
Elisa Konofagou et al.
Cardiovascular disease remains the primary killer worldwide. The heart, essentially an electrically driven mechanical pump, alters its mechanical and electrical properties to compensate for loss of normal mechanical and electrical function....