Biofabrication of living actuators

R Raman - Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The impact of tissue engineering has extended beyond a traditional focus in medicine to the
rapidly growing realm of biohybrid robotics. Leveraging living actuators as functional …

Additive manufacturing and physicomechanical characteristics of PEGDA hydrogels: recent advances and perspective for tissue engineering

M Hakim Khalili, R Zhang, S Wilson, S Goel, SA Impey… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this brief review, we discuss the recent advancements in using poly (ethylene glycol)
diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. PEGDA hydrogels are …

Biohybrid soft robots with self-stimulating skeletons

M Guix, R Mestre, T Patiño, M De Corato, J Fuentes… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Bioinspired hybrid soft robots that combine living and synthetic components are an
emerging field in the development of advanced actuators and other robotic platforms (ie …

Progress and prospects in chitosan derivatives: Modification strategies and medical applications

S Ding, Y Wang, J Li, S Chen - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) is the only natural alkaline polysaccharide originated from deacetylation of
chitin that is the main component of shell from marine organisms. It has great potential …

[HTML][HTML] Actuated tissue engineered muscle grafts restore functional mobility after volumetric muscle loss

E Rousseau, R Raman, T Tamir, A Bu, S Srinivasan… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Damage that affects large volumes of skeletal muscle tissue can severely impact health,
mobility, and quality-of-life. Efforts to restore muscle function by implanting tissue …

Winter is coming: the future of cryopreservation

S Bojic, A Murray, BL Bentley, R Spindler, P Pawlik… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
The preservative effects of low temperature on biological materials have been long
recognised, and cryopreservation is now widely used in biomedicine, including in organ …

Piezoelectric nanocomposite bioink and ultrasound stimulation modulate early skeletal myogenesis

C Paci, F Iberite, L Arrico, L Vannozzi, P Parlanti… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the significant progress in bioprinting for skeletal muscle tissue engineering, new
stimuli-responsive bioinks to boost the myogenesis process are highly desirable. In this …

Mechanically programming anisotropy in engineered muscle with actuating extracellular matrices

B Rios, A Bu, T Sheehan, H Kobeissi, S Kohli, K Shah… - Device, 2023 - cell.com
The hierarchical design and adaptive functionalities of biological tissues are driven by
dynamic biochemical, electrical, and mechanical signaling between cells and their …

Multi-actuator light-controlled biological robots

J Wang, Y Wang, Y Kim, T Yu, R Bashir - APL bioengineering, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Biohybrid robots, composed of cellular actuators and synthetic scaffolds, have garnered
much attention in recent years owing to the advantages provided by their biological …

Computationally assisted design and selection of maneuverable biological walking machines

J Wang, X Zhang, J Park, I Park… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The intriguing opportunities enabled by the use of living components in biological machines
have spurred the development of a variety of muscle‐powered biohybrid robots in recent …