Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells

L Ricotti, B Trimmer, AW Feinberg, R Raman… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Actuation is essential for artificial machines to interact with their surrounding environment
and to accomplish the functions for which they are designed. Over the past few decades …

Measuring cell-generated forces: a guide to the available tools

WJ Polacheck, CS Chen - Nature methods, 2016 - nature.com
Forces generated by cells are critical regulators of cell adhesion, signaling, and function,
and they are also essential drivers in the morphogenetic events of development. Over the …

Engineered in vitro disease models

KH Benam, S Dauth, B Hassell… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The ultimate goal of most biomedical research is to gain greater insight into mechanisms of
human disease or to develop new and improved therapies or diagnostics. Although great …

Cultured meat from stem cells: Challenges and prospects

MJ Post - Meat science, 2012 - Elsevier
As one of the alternatives for livestock meat production, in vitro culturing of meat is currently
studied. The generation of bio-artificial muscles from satellite cells has been ongoing for …

Biomaterials based strategies for skeletal muscle tissue engineering: existing technologies and future trends

TH Qazi, DJ Mooney, M Pumberger, S Geissler… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscles have a robust capacity to regenerate, but under compromised conditions,
such as severe trauma, the loss of muscle functionality is inevitable. Research carried out in …

Three-dimensionally printed biological machines powered by skeletal muscle

C Cvetkovic, R Raman, V Chan… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Combining biological components, such as cells and tissues, with soft robotics can enable
the fabrication of biological machines with the ability to sense, process signals, and produce …

Biohybrid robot powered by an antagonistic pair of skeletal muscle tissues

Y Morimoto, H Onoe, S Takeuchi - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
Biohybrid robots are attracting attention as promising candidates to enhance robot
applicability to studies on biological designs and in vitro construction of biological dynamic …

In vitro meat production: Challenges and benefits over conventional meat production

ZF Bhat, S Kumar, H Fayaz - Journal of integrative agriculture, 2015 - Elsevier
In vitro meat production system is the production of meat outside the food animals by
culturing the stem cells derived from farm animals inside the bioreactor by using advanced …

Anisotropic materials for skeletal‐muscle‐tissue engineering

S Jana, SKL Levengood, M Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Repair of damaged skeletal‐muscle tissue is limited by the regenerative capacity of the
native tissue. Current clinical approaches are not optimal for the treatment of large …

Bioengineered human myobundles mimic clinical responses of skeletal muscle to drugs

L Madden, M Juhas, WE Kraus, GA Truskey, N Bursac - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Existing in vitro models of human skeletal muscle cannot recapitulate the organization and
function of native muscle, limiting their use in physiological and pharmacological studies …