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Cell Calcification Models and Their Implications for Medicine and Biomaterial Research

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Calcification, is the process by which the tissues containing minerals are formed, occurring during normal physiological processes, or in pathological conditions. Here, it is aimed to give a comprehensive overview of the range of cell models available, and the approaches taken by these models, highlighting when and how methodological divergences arise,
Luke Hunter, Caterina Vanelli Coralli, Robert Dzhanaev, Aaron Morgan, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, Sergio Bertazzo   +5 more
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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

EARLY STEPS IN INNER EAR DEVELOPMENT: INDUCTION AND MORPHOGENESIS OF THE OTIC PLACODE

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2015
Various cellular replacement therapies using in vitro generated cells to replace damaged tissue have been proposed as strategies to alleviate hearing loss.
Xaiorei eSai, Raj K. Ladher
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Direct SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human inner ear may underlie COVID-19-associated audiovestibular dysfunction

Communications Medicine, 2021
Plain language summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A growing number of sensory symptoms have been linked to this illness.
Minjin Jeong, Karen E. Ocwieja, Dongjun Han, P. Ashley Wackym, Yichen Zhang, Alyssa Brown, Cynthia Moncada, Andrea Vambutas, Theodore Kanne, Rachel Crain, Noah Siegel, Valerie Leger, Felipe Santos, D. Bradley Welling, Lee Gehrke, Konstantina M. Stankovic   +15 more
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
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Biomaterial-based drug delivery systems in the treatment of inner ear disorders

Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Inner ear disorders are among the predominant etiology of hearing loss. The blood-labyrinth barrier limits the ability of drugs to attain pharmacologically effective concentrations within the inner ear; consequently, delivering drugs systemically is ...
Hong Cheng, Bin Zhang, Pei Jiang, Menghui Liao, Xin Gao, Dongyu Xu, Yusong Wang, Yangnan Hu, Huan Wang, Tingting Liu, Renjie Chai   +10 more
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Surgical procedure of intratympanic injection and inner ear pharmacokinetics simulation in domestic pigs

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Introduction: One major obstacle in validating drugs for the treatment or prevention of hearing loss is the limited data available on the distribution and concentration of drugs in the human inner ear.
Adele Moatti, Adele Moatti, Shannon Connard, Shannon Connard, Novietta De Britto, Novietta De Britto, William A. Dunn, Srishti Rastogi, Mani Rai, Mani Rai, Lauren V. Schnabel, Lauren V. Schnabel, Frances S. Ligler, Kendall A. Hutson, Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, Alec Salt, Carlton J. Zdanski, Alon Greenbaum, Alon Greenbaum   +18 more
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WNT Activation and TGFβ-Smad Inhibition Potentiate Stemness of Mammalian Auditory Neuroprogenitors for High-Throughput Generation of Functional Auditory Neurons In Vitro

Cells, 2022
Hearing loss affects over 460 million people worldwide and is a major socioeconomic burden. Both genetic and environmental factors (i.e., noise overexposure, ototoxic drug treatment and ageing), promote the irreversible degeneration of cochlear hair ...
Francis Rousset, Giulia Schilardi, Stéphanie Sgroi, German Nacher-Soler, Rebecca Sipione, Sonja Kleinlogel, Pascal Senn   +6 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Probing the Xenopus laevis inner ear transcriptome for biological function

BMC Genomics, 2012
Background The senses of hearing and balance depend upon mechanoreception, a process that originates in the inner ear and shares features across species.
Powers TuShun R, Virk Selene M, Trujillo-Provencio Casilda, Serrano Elba E   +3 more
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