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Bioactuators: Damage, Healing, and Remodeling in Optogenetic Skeletal Muscle Bioactuators (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 12/2017)
Author(s) -
Raman Ritu,
Grant Lauren,
Seo Yongbeom,
Cvetkovic Caroline,
Gapinske Michael,
Palasz Alexandra,
Dabbous Howard,
Kong Hyunjoon,
Pinera Pablo Perez,
Bashir Rashid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201770058
Subject(s) - optogenetics , skeletal muscle , function (biology) , biomedical engineering , materials science , computer science , neuroscience , nanotechnology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , psychology , biology , anatomy
Biological materials can adaptively respond to their environment, motivating their use as functional components of engineered machines. In article number 1700030 , Rashid Bashir and co‐workers present a skeletal muscle‐powered bio‐hybrid robot (bio‐bot) that can adapt to loss‐of‐function damage stimuli, completely healing and recovering functionality within two days. This presents a significant step forward in developing robust, resilient, and dynamically responsive biohybrid machines.