Not exact matches
«The protocol teaches every step of building a bio-bot, from 3D printing the skeleton to
tissue engineering the
skeletal muscle actuator, including manufacturers and part numbers for every single thing we
use in the lab,» explained Ritu Raman, now a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Bioengineering and first author of the paper, «A modular approach to the design, fabrication, and characterization of
muscle - powered biological machines.»
These cells can be
used in a variety of
tissue types, including bone, cartilage, fat,
skeletal muscle, smooth
muscle and cardiac
muscle.
A second line of research is to
use skeletal muscle formation in the chick embryo as a model to understand how cells within
tissues display complex behaviours while being exposed to an ever - changing cellular environment.
Group research aims to study the relations between nutraceuticals, physical activity, intracellular mechanisms, gene expression and microbiota
using a translational approach to characterize the impact in the whole body of metabolic interactions studied in individual organs and
tissues (in vitro / ex vivo:
skeletal muscle, heart, bone, liver and kidney).
Jess
uses a
skeletal muscle tissue engineering strategy to culture pork, with major focuses on
muscle fiber formation, vascularization, and bioreactor design for scale up of meat production.
Many cells in the body
use glutamine as a fuel for growth and is synthesized in both
skeletal muscle and in adipose
tissue in addition to the lungs, liver, and brain.