According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or
symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a …

Elastin and collagen have been described as the dominant passive load bearing proteins in
the artery wall. The highly distensible elastin has been hypothesized to bear most of the load …

Soft tissues are diverse biological materials in which the cells are separated by extracellular
material. They connect, support, and protect our body and form structures such as organs …

Gallstone and other diseases of the biliary tract affect more than around 20% of the adult
population. The complications of gallstones, acute pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice, can …

Highly diluted solutions of Gentian Violet and Evans Blue were used to visualize the elastin
network in viable porcine right common carotid artery (RCCA) preparations. The two simple …

This work was developed during my time as research associate at the Institute of Mechanics
at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Many people have accompanied and supported me on …

The mechanical behavior of tissues at the macroscale is tightly coupled to cellular activity at
the microscale and tuned by microstructure at the mesoscale. Dermal wound healing is a …

This work deals with the multiscale modelling of materials in the context of continuum
mechanics and the application of such methods for the mechanical description of skeletal …

According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or
symptoms associated with dia betes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuro …

The ascending aorta is subject to high-pressure, pulsatile flow exiting the aortic valve from
the left ventricle. Biomechanical properties of the ascending aorta are responsible for two …