Advances in In vitro Models of Neuromuscular Junction: Focusing on Organ-on-a-chip, Organoids and Biohybrid Robotics.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211059
Abstract: The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a peripheral synaptic connection between presynaptic motor neurons and postsynaptic skeletal muscle fibers that enables muscle contraction and voluntary motor movement. Many traumatic, neurodegenerative and neuroimmunological diseases are classically believed… read more here.
Keywords: neuromuscular junction; organ chip; robotics; organoids biohybrid ... See more keywords
Biohybrid robotics: From the nanoscale to the macroscale.
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DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1703
Abstract: Biohybrid robotics is a field in which biological entities are combined with artificial materials in order to obtain improved performance or features that are difficult to mimic with hand-made materials. Three main level of integration… read more here.
Keywords: nanoscale macroscale; biohybrid robotics; robotics nanoscale; drug ... See more keywords
Ethics and responsibility in biohybrid robotics research
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310458121
Abstract: The industrial revolution of the 19th century marked the onset of an era of machines and robots that transformed societies. Since the beginning of the 21st century, a new generation of robots envisions similar societal… read more here.
Keywords: robotics; responsibility biohybrid; biohybrid robotics; robotics research ... See more keywords