The low endogenous regenerative capacity of the heart, added to the prevalence of
cardiovascular diseases, triggered the advent of cardiac tissue engineering in the last …

Optical stimulation in the red/near infrared range recently gained increasing interest, as a
not‐invasive tool to control cardiac cell activity and repair in disease conditions. Translation …

Electrically conductive biomaterials direct cell behavior by capitalizing on the effect of
bioelectricity in tissue homeostasis and healing. Many studies have leveraged conductive …

Cardiac cells are assembled within a complicated microenvironment possessing diverse
biochemical and biophysical cues that modulate cellular behaviors and tissue functions …

Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for approximately one-third of deaths around the
world. Among cardiovascular diseases, the largest single cause of death is ischemic heart …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of mortality worldwide. Accessibility to
heart tissue is limited due to sampling issues and lack of appropriate culture conditions. In …

Conducting polymers are, without question, outstanding materials. Their unique combination
between metal-like, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties and the processability of …

Conductive polymers, including polypyrrole (PPy), have been extensively explored to
fabricate electrically conductive biomaterials for bioelectrodes and tissue engineering …

Despite the latest advances in cardiovascular biology and medicine, myocardial infarction
(MI) remains one of the major causes of deaths worldwide. While reperfusion of the …

Direct stem cell encapsulation and cardiac differentiation within supporting biomaterial
scaffolds are critical for reproducible and scalable production of the functional human …