Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243318
Jennie O Zheng, S Sean Tu, Stephen B Maebius
Bioprinting is an additive manufacturing process used to create architectures that mimic natural living tissues in form and function [1]. It involves the deposition of bioink, which can include a mixture of living cells, nutrients, and extracellular matrix. The bioink is then deposited onto a scaffold to generate 3-D structures that imitate natural tissues and organs. This process has already been used to generate a diverse range of products, including bioprinted human ears for transplant, and 3-D printed bioceramic and modified biopolymer bone implants that received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing approval [2] Researchers are working on bioprinted versions of a wide range of organs, including liver, kidney, lung, and heart.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243321
A. Johnson
{"title":"The Yin and the Yang of New Technologies","authors":"A. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243321","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45370496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243322
J. Goldberg
{"title":"Identifying Problems and Unmet Clinical Needs: Who to Talk to and Where to Look","authors":"J. Goldberg","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243322","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46491876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243314
Jim Banks
Back in 1992, when Prof. Tim Spector of King's College London set up a study to investigate the incidence of osteoporosis and other rheumatologic diseases in monozygotic (identical) twins, little did he know how much the project would expand its horizons. From a few hundred identical twins, the cohort has grown to more than 15,000 identical and nonidentical twins across the U.K., aged between 18 and 100, and a host of diseases and conditions are under the microscope (Figure 1). Now, TwinsUK has one of the most deeply characterized adult twin cohorts anywhere in the world, providing vast quantities of data for longitudinal studies of health and aging.
{"title":"Double Vision: Study of U.K. Twins Provides New Insight Into Human Wellbeing.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243314","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243314","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Back in 1992, when Prof. Tim Spector of King's College London set up a study to investigate the incidence of osteoporosis and other rheumatologic diseases in monozygotic (identical) twins, little did he know how much the project would expand its horizons. From a few hundred identical twins, the cohort has grown to more than 15,000 identical and nonidentical twins across the U.K., aged between 18 and 100, and a host of diseases and conditions are under the microscope (Figure 1). Now, TwinsUK has one of the most deeply characterized adult twin cohorts anywhere in the world, providing vast quantities of data for longitudinal studies of health and aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 1","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243319
Muhammad Hamid Zaman
The global coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the necessity of engineering approaches, from research and development to rapid prototyping and production, in saving lives all across the world [1]. From personal protective equipment design to vaccine production and distribution, engineering has been the bedrock of an effective global response. However, despite major gains made in the last several decades, there are still millions all across the world, including the vulnerable displaced, who rarely benefit from new developments at the interface of engineering, biology, and health.
{"title":"Engineering a Holistic Response to the Global Crisis of Forced Displacement.","authors":"Muhammad Hamid Zaman","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243319","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The global coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the necessity of engineering approaches, from research and development to rapid prototyping and production, in saving lives all across the world [1]. From personal protective equipment design to vaccine production and distribution, engineering has been the bedrock of an effective global response. However, despite major gains made in the last several decades, there are still millions all across the world, including the vulnerable displaced, who rarely benefit from new developments at the interface of engineering, biology, and health.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 1","pages":"22-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243323
P. King
Georg F. Striedter is a professor of neurobiology and behavior in the School of Biological Sciences at University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. His career-long research interest “in the evolution of vertebrate brains and behavior” has led him to accept “the challenge of synthesizing experimental data that are already published” (quotes from his personal website, https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3006).
Georg F.Striedter是美国加利福尼亚州欧文市加利福尼亚大学生物科学学院的神经生物学和行为学教授。他对“脊椎动物大脑和行为的进化”的长期研究兴趣使他接受了“合成已经发表的实验数据的挑战”(引用自他的个人网站,https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3006)。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243320
M. Akay
{"title":"Insights Into Health Care Innovation and the Future of EMBS","authors":"M. Akay","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3243320","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45858932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243316
Leslie Mertz
Microscopes have come a very long way since the 1600s when Henry Power, Robert Hooke, and Anton van Leeuwenhoek began publishing the first views of plant cells and bacteria. The major inventions of contrast, electron, and scanning tunneling microscopes didn't arrive until the 20th century, and the men behind them all earned Nobel Prizes in physics for their efforts. Today, innovations in microscopy are coming at a fast and furious rate with new technologies providing first-time views and information about biological structures and activity, and opening up new avenues for disease therapies.
{"title":"Advances in Microscopy Tech Offer Better Views.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microscopes have come a very long way since the 1600s when Henry Power, Robert Hooke, and Anton van Leeuwenhoek began publishing the first views of plant cells and bacteria. The major inventions of contrast, electron, and scanning tunneling microscopes didn't arrive until the 20th century, and the men behind them all earned Nobel Prizes in physics for their efforts. Today, innovations in microscopy are coming at a fast and furious rate with new technologies providing first-time views and information about biological structures and activity, and opening up new avenues for disease therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 1","pages":"2-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9625920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2022.3227806
Zara Abrams
Operating a drone, playing video games, or controlling a robot simply by thinking are exciting applications of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that pave the way for more mind-bending breakthroughs. Crucially, BCIs, which enable the brain to exchange signals with an outside device, also represent a powerful tool to restore movement, speech, touch, and other functions to patients with brain damage. Despite recent progress in the field, technological innovation is needed and plenty of scientific and ethical questions remain unanswered. Still, researchers say BCIs hold great promise for patients with the most severe impairments-and that major breakthroughs are within reach.
{"title":"The Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces.","authors":"Zara Abrams","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2022.3227806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2022.3227806","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Operating a drone, playing video games, or controlling a robot simply by thinking are exciting applications of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that pave the way for more mind-bending breakthroughs. Crucially, BCIs, which enable the brain to exchange signals with an outside device, also represent a powerful tool to restore movement, speech, touch, and other functions to patients with brain damage. Despite recent progress in the field, technological innovation is needed and plenty of scientific and ethical questions remain unanswered. Still, researchers say BCIs hold great promise for patients with the most severe impairments-and that major breakthroughs are within reach.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"13 6","pages":"21-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9257022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}