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Strengthening Constitutive Motifs in Isotropic Fibrous Hydrogel for Exceptional Damage Resistance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An orientation‐free strategy is reported for fabricating damage‐resistant hydrogels by strengthening constitutive motifs in isotropic fibrous (IF) networks. Through nonsolvent quenching followed by salting‐out, IF networks are generated and their multiscale constituents are subsequently reinforced, yielding dense and crystalline isotropic nanofiber ...
Bolin Wan, Xule Yang, Liju Xu, Dong Qiu
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Architected Load Paths Enable Stiffening and Motion Programming in Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A single MARS template introduces an architected reinforcement strategy for programmable soft pneumatic actuators through internal structural organization and selective beam removal. This monolithic architecture enables deformation reconfiguration from continuous bending to joint‐like articulation and torsional motion, allowing one compliant platform ...
Jie Wang, Yuwen Wu, Yuze Zhang, Ye Wei, Yuting Ma, Yingxiang Liu, Kai Guo   +6 more
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Nascent Extracellular Matrix Converts Biomaterial Cues into Cell Fate Decisions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers a tri‐directional interplay among cells, hydrogels, and their nascent extracellular matrix. Hydrogel norbornene modification alters CD44‐mediated cell–hydrogel interactions, which shape nascent matrix deposition, composition, and spatial organization.
Joshua Y. Liu, Ziqian Yang, Arina E. Velieva, Eleanor M. Plaster, Mingyue Fan, Donia W. Ahmed, Avinava Roy, Pamela Duran, Pamela Panovich, Alexandra S. Piotrowski‐Daspit, Carlos A. Aguilar, Megan L. Killian, Claudia Loebel   +12 more
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Vine‐Inspired Soft Robotics: Materials, Actuations, and Emerging Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Vine‐inspired robots grow from the tip, enabling navigation through confined spaces with minimal disturbance. This Review summarizes material and actuation strategies for vine‐inspired growth, key functions including steering, retraction, attachment, branching, and variable stiffness, and emerging applications spanning medical intervention, confined ...
Jiahao Wu, Xingyun Liu, Fangzhou Wang, Huili Ren, Chaojun Zhang, Ziyu Ren, Zunqi Liu, Jing Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

State-of the-art and future perspective in co-culture systems for tendon engineering. [PDF]

Biomater Biosyst
Guillaumin S, Rossoni A, Zeugolis D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mechanically Regulated Secretion: How Physical Forces Instruct the Secretory Pathway and Remodel the Secretome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mechanical cues, including ECM stiffness, stretch, compression, shear stress, and traction forces, remodel trafficking across the secretory pathway, from the ER and Golgi to endolysosomal compartments and the plasma membrane. The resulting secretome reshapes ECM composition and tissue mechanics, establishing feedback loops that support homeostasis or ...
Domenico Russo, Seetharaman Parashuraman, Maria Luigia Maresca, Angela Francesca Dinoi, Alessia Calcagnì, Riccardo Rizzo   +5 more
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A Hypothalamic Oxytocinergic–Sympathetic Axis Couples Anxiety Dysregulation With Impaired Tendon–Bone Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
RCI is associated with functional suppression of oxytocinergic neurons in the PVN. Reduced PVNOXT neuronal activity contributes to altered sympathetic regulation involving the IML–sympathetic chain pathway, accompanied by changes in norepinephrine signaling at the BTI.
Liyang Wan, Tingmo Huang, Liyue Zeng, Ruixue Du, Hengshuo Zhang, Shen Liu, Tao Zhang, Jianzhong Hu, Hongbin Lu   +8 more
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Meningeal Lymphatic LTBR Deficiency Links Spinal Cord Injury to Secondary Brain Pathology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces remote brain alterations beyond the injured spinal cord. This study links dysfunction of meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs) to neuroinflammation and neuronal injury after SCI. LTBR‐mediated lymphatic restoration improves meningeal lymphatic integrity and neurological outcomes, highlighting LTBR as a potential regulator ...
Yi Chen, Yu Tang, Chengpeng Hu, Xiaoyan Duan, LingXia Min, Boya Cong, Chao Ma, Mingliang Tan, Ya Luo, Pengfei Wei, Minpeng Xu, Zhou Feng, Jingming Hou   +12 more
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A designable twist-densification route to bioactive collagen hydrogel yarns approaching tendon-like mechanics. [PDF]

Bioact Mater
Xie Y, Wu W, Zhang W, Peng X, Sun T, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Elson EL, Genin GM, Huang G.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
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