Worldwide nanotechnology development and application have fueled many scientific
advances, but technophilic expectations and technophobic demands must be …

The gut and brain link via various metabolic and signalling pathways, each with the potential
to influence mental, brain and cognitive health. Over the past decade, the involvement of the …

Because intelligent hydrogels have good biocompatibility, a rapid response, and good
degradability as well as a stimulus response mode that is rich, hydrophilic, and similar to the …

The intestine is considered to be a vital digestive organ to absorb nutrients and is the largest
immune organ, while numerous microorganisms coexist with the host. It is well known that …

Current in-vitro 2D cultures and animal models present severe limitations in recapitulating
human physiopathology with striking discrepancies in estimating drug efficacy and side …

Drug evaluation has always been an important area of research in the pharmaceutical
industry. However, animal welfare protection and other shortcomings of traditional drug …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have now correlated hundreds of genetic
variants with complex genetic diseases and drug efficacy. Functional characterization of …

Abstract Organ‐on‐a‐chip (OOC) platforms recapitulate human in vivo‐like conditions more
realistically compared to many animal models and conventional two‐dimensional cell …

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) represents the tightest endothelial barrier within the
cardiovascular system characterized by very low ionic permeability. Our aim was to describe …

Dietary habits have drastically changed over the last decades in Western societies. The
Western diet, rich in saturated fatty acids (SFA), trans fatty acids (TFA), omega-6 …