Cardiovascular disease in women remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Recent
studies suggest that this is caused, at least in part, by the lack of sex-specific diagnostic …

Precision medicine is a new frontier in healthcare that uses scientific methods to customize
medical treatment to the individual genes, anatomy, physiology, and lifestyle of each person …

Bioprinting offers a highly-automated and advanced manufacturing platform that facilitates
the deposition of bio-inks (living cells, biomaterials and growth factors) in a scalable and …

Mechanics are increasingly recognized to play an important role in modulating brain form
and function. Computational simulations are a powerful tool to predict the mechanical …

Cardiovascular disease is still one of the leading causes of death in the world, and heart
transplantation is the current major treatment for end-stage cardiovascular diseases …

With heart and cardiovascular diseases continually challenging healthcare systems
worldwide, translating basic research on cardiac (patho) physiology into clinical care is …

Collagen fibres within fibrous soft biological tissues such as artery walls, cartilage,
myocardiums, corneas and heart valves are responsible for their anisotropic mechanical …

Understanding the constitutive behavior of the human brain is critical to interpret the physical
environment during neurodevelopment, neurosurgery, and neurodegeneration. A wide …

Two crucial factors for accurate numerical simulations of cardiac electromechanics, which
are also essential to reproduce the synchronous activity of the heart, are:(i) accounting for …

The human heart is enclosed in the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of a layered
thin sac and is separated from the myocardium by a thin film of fluid. It provides a fixture in …