Bioengineered in vitro bone scaffolds to investigate bone metastases: A systematic review of mechanical and biological model validation [0.03%]
用于研究骨转移的生物工程体外骨支架:系统回顾机械和生物学模型验证
Alissa Shontelle Reinke,Gregory Ward,Jessica Feldman et al.
Alissa Shontelle Reinke et al.
One of the most common sites of cancer metastasis is the bone, with a large proportion of both breast cancer and prostate cancer patients who develop metastases having involvement of the skeleton. The prognosis for patients with bone metast...
Interdisciplinary approaches to advanced cardiovascular tissue engineering: ECM-based biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, and its assessment [0.03%]
心血管组织工程的跨学科方法:基质材料、3D生物打印及评估方法进展
Uijung Yong,Sooyeon Lee,Seungman Jung et al.
Uijung Yong et al.
As a class of representative intractable diseases, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of global mortality, accounting for approximately 17.9 million deaths each year. At the end of the disease stage, surgery for replaceme...
Intravascular sensors to assess unstable plaques and their compositions: a review [0.03%]
血管内传感器评估不稳定的斑块及其构成成分:综述
Xing Xia,Jimmy Zhang,Gengxi Lu et al.
Xing Xia et al.
Atherosclerosis and its thrombotic complications plague developed countries. The rupture of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques contributes to acute cardiovascular events and sudden cardiac deaths. Historically, coronary angiography has prov...
Catheter-based optical approaches for cardiovascular medicine: progress, challenges and new directions [0.03%]
导管光学技术在心血管医学中的进展、挑战及未来方向
Chao Huang,Nathan Knighton,Lucas H Timmins et al.
Chao Huang et al.
Catheterization of the heart is crucial for many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in cardiovascular medicine. In this review, we discussed developments of catheter-based optical tools and approaches for cardiovascular medicine. We prov...
The magic bullet as cancer therapeutic-has nanotechnology failed to find its mark? [0.03%]
纳米技术在癌症治疗中的魔弹效应-寻找靶点失败了吗?
Gordon Minru Xiong,Kailash Venkatraman,Subbu Venkatraman
Gordon Minru Xiong
Ever since the term 'Magic Bullet' was coined by Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich to denote selective activity of a therapeutic medicine against a particular target tissue or organism, researchers have been attempting to develop the concept, wit...
Selda Sherifova And,Gerhard A Holzapfel
Selda Sherifova And
Aneurysms and dissections of the thoracic aorta are life threatening events with poorly understood pathophysiologies which may have genetic origins. By starting with an introduction to these pathologies, we focus on the biochemomechanics of...
Lavinia Barducci,Joseph C Norton,Sunandita Sarker et al.
Lavinia Barducci et al.
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex environment comprised of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum and anus, which all cooperate to form the complete working GI system. Access to the GI using endoscopy h...
Gabriela Gonzalez Chan,Jonathan Professorship And Chair In Rehabilitatio Marsden,Alexandros Besinis et al.
Gabriela Gonzalez Chan et al.
Spasticity, a type of hypertonia characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in muscle tone, is associated with damage to the brain and/or spinal cord in different neurological conditions. However, secondary non-neurological factors, suc...
Meta-Analysis of Technologies for Diabetes Treatment: Glycemic Control, Prediction, Meal and Physical Activity Detection [0.03%]
糖尿病治疗技术的 meta 分析:血糖控制、预测、餐食和身体活动检测
Tomas Koutny,Martin Kukrál,Jana Romová et al.
Tomas Koutny et al.
Diabetes mellitus is a widespread chronic disease with steadily growing prevalence and associated comorbidities. Current treatment of diabetes can be quite cumbersome for the patients, leading to global efforts to develop a fully-automated ...
Cem Suulker,Thomas Mack,Giovanni Distefano et al.
Cem Suulker et al.
This review explores the current state of eversion robotics in the context of colonoscopy, given the need for less invasive, more patient-friendly screening technologies. Conventional colonoscopy often leads to discomfort and patient reluct...