Traumatic spinal cord injury results in severe and irreversible loss of function. The injury
triggers a complex cascade of inflammatory and pathological processes, culminating in …

Mechanobiology emerges at the crossroads of medicine, biology, biophysics and
engineering and describes how the responses of proteins, cells, tissues and organs to …

Physical forces are ubiquitous in biological processes across scales and diverse contexts.
This review highlights the significance of mechanical forces in nervous system development …

Bioprinting techniques have been flourishing in the field of biofabrication with pronounced
and exponential developments in the past years. Novel biomaterial inks used for the …

The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

The pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is featured with extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ)
plaques, whose impact on the mechanical properties of the surrounding brain tissues is …

Collective cell migration is essential for morphogenesis, tissue remodelling and cancer
invasion,. In vivo, groups of cells move in an orchestrated way through tissues. This …

Repairing central nervous system (CNS) is difficult due to the inability of neurons to recover
after damage. A clinically acceptable treatment to promote CNS functional recovery and …

Abstract 3D bioprinting techniques have emerged as a flexible tool in tissue engineering
and regenerative medicine to fabricate or pattern functional 3D bio-structures with precise …

Physical forces and mechanical properties have critical roles in cellular function, physiology
and disease. Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have …