Exploring bio-inspired nanomaterials (BINMs) and incorporating them into
micro/nanodevices represent a significant development in biomedical applications …

Kidney disease is highly prevalent and affects approximately 850 million people worldwide.
It is also associated with high morbidity and mortality, and current therapies are incurable …

Three-dimensional cancer-on-a-chip tissue models aim to replicate the key hallmarks of the
tumour microenvironment and allow for the study of dynamic interactions that occur during …

For patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), renal transplantation is the treatment of
choice, constituting the most common solid organ transplantation. This study aims to provide …

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and its principal subtype, clear cell RCC, are the most
diagnosed kidney cancer. Despite substantial improvement over the last decades, current …

Currently, point-of-care assays for human platelet function and coagulation are used to
assess bleeding risks and drug testing, but they lack intact endothelium, a critical component …

Bacterial pneumonia greatly contributes to the disease burden and mortality of lower
respiratory tract infections among all age groups and risk profiles. Therefore, laboratory …

The advent of micro-physiological systems (MPS) in biomedical research has enabled the
introduction of more complex and relevant physiological into in vitro models. The recreation …

Biomedical sensors are the key units of medical and healthcare systems. The development
focus of this topic is to use new technology and advanced functional biocompatible materials …

Fibroblasts geometrically confined by photo-immobilized gelatin micropatterns were
subjected to cyclic stretch on the silicone elastomer. By using covalently micropatterned …