Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.002
Jiante Li , Danna Liang , Xiang Chen , Weijian Sun , Xian Shen
{"title":"Applications of 3D printing in tumor treatment","authors":"Jiante Li , Danna Liang , Xiang Chen , Weijian Sun , Xian Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As an emerging technology relevant to materials science, 3D printing technology simplifies material production process, shortens the preparation cycle, and provides a broader space for disease treatment. This review introduces the latest development in 3D printing, the goal is showing summary of the preparation and the utilization of this technology. We first describe the familiar biological ink for 3d printing. Then, we focus on different applications, including drug delivery, tumor modeling, and organ printing. Later, we described the application of this technology in some disciplines, including neurosurgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and orthopedics. Finally, the recent challenges and prospects of 3D printing are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49761120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-07-06DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.06.001
Devon Dickson , Tao Tao , Wensheng Qin
{"title":"Exploring mitochondrial DNA content as a novel biomarker to improve embryo implantation potential: A review","authors":"Devon Dickson , Tao Tao , Wensheng Qin","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>According to the society of assisted reproductive technologies (SART), the top fertility clinics in North America have reported overall pregnancy rates of up to 50% in good prognosis patients. Although new techniques in advanced reproductive technologies have begun to emerge in the twenty-first century, including time-lapse monitoring of embryo development, analysis of metabolites in embryo culture media, and the use of artificial intelligence in morphometric embryo grading, currently chromosomal status obtained via pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) appears to be the most definitive in evaluating embryonic potential. Yet still, in most clinics, approximately 30% of euploid or chromosomally normal embryos fail to achieve a viable pregnancy resulting in stress and anxiety for patients, repeat cycles, and increased cost of treatment. Recent literature suggests that blastocysts with an increased mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ratio have greatly reduced implantation potential, however, there exists controversial studies which do not report a relationship. This review summarizes the current literature on utilizing mitochondrial DNA as a possible biomarker for embryo implantation, highlights the reasons for inconsistencies in some studies and suggests possible improvements to the study design of future mtDNA ratio research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 82-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49761119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.004
Junqi Zhao , Xueqin Li , Dagan Zhang , Sen Wang
{"title":"Application of nucleic acid signal amplification in biosensing and bioimaging","authors":"Junqi Zhao , Xueqin Li , Dagan Zhang , Sen Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nucleic acid amplification techniques are broadly employed in nucleic acid testing due to their efficient accumulation of nucleic acid sequences. With the development of biotechnology, they are further applied to proteins, living cells, extracellular vesicles (EVs) and even small molecule detection to amplify detection signals for ultra-sensitive bioanalysis. As important amplification techniques, isothermal amplification techniques, CRISPR/Cas system, DNA Walker and DNAzymes are playing an increasingly important role in signal magnification. Cooperating with functional nanomaterials, they present a wide availability in biosensing and bioimaging. This review gives a comprehensive summary of the four main signal amplification techniques mentioned above and their applications in biosensing and bioimaging. Finally, some of the challenges and further opportunities of nucleic acid amplification strategy in the current biomedical technology field are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 14-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49715720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-06-07DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.05.001
Junnan Mu , Danni Luo , Wei Li , Yaping Ding
{"title":"Multiscale polymeric fibers for drug delivery and tissue engineering","authors":"Junnan Mu , Danni Luo , Wei Li , Yaping Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.05.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Owing to their superior capacity for building structures, polymeric fibers with diameters varying from a few nanometers to hundreds of microns have been explored in biomedical applications as drug carriers or tissue engineering scaffolds. Depending on the source materials, fabrication techniques, and post-treatments, both the fiber diameter and surface morphology, as well as mechanical features and the cell-fiber structure interactions can be thoroughly tuned. Although most techniques could produce fibers within a wide range of sizes, each type may have superior advantages in a certain range, which may highly relate to target biomedical fields. Therefore, to properly choose the optimal technique for specific fibers, a comprehensive review of the current fiber-producing techniques is indispensable. In the current review, several main fiber-producing techniques are summarized, compared, and discussed in detail regarding their dominant fiber size ranges, which were classified as nano (<1000 nm), micro (1 μm−100 μm) and macro (>100 μm). The principals, main parameters, and corresponding applications for each technique are reviewed, and the challenges and future perspectives are proposed. We believe this review is highly informative for novice researchers in this field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 60-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49715721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.004
Jiaqi Yan , Meixin Ran , Hongbo Zhang
{"title":"A scientific debate: The sword that cleaves chaos of DNAzyme catalysis research","authors":"Jiaqi Yan , Meixin Ran , Hongbo Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Therapeutic DNAzymes with RNA depleting effect are multifunctional building blocks for constructing biological materials. In a recent work published in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, Holliger group and Chaput group had a wonderful debate base on previously reported approach for tailoring DNAzymes with high mRNA cleavage activity in mammalian cells. Their perspective pushes the catalytic mechanism investigation of DNAzymes to a new stage with more standardization and clarity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 21-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49709419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.003
Lu Fan , Li Wang , Xiaoju Wang , Hongbo Zhang
{"title":"Exosomes-based particles as inhalable COVID-19 vaccines","authors":"Lu Fan , Li Wang , Xiaoju Wang , Hongbo Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a severely spreading pandemic, has dramatically brought physiological and economical burdens to people. Although the injectable vaccines have some achievements for coronavirus defense, they still generate accompanied pain, untoward reaction and cannot take part in mucosal immunity. Inhalable vaccines, as a safe, facile and efficient strategy, have been presented to protect body from virus by inducing robust mucosal immunity. Here, we give a perspective of an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine composed of lung-derived exosomes (a type of virus-like particle) conjugated with viral receptor-binding domain. The lung-derived exosomes act as carriers, such inhalable particles successfully reach at lung and reveal wider distribution and longer retention on respiratory mucosa. In addition, such vaccines induce the high production of specific antibodies and T cells in lung, significantly protecting host against coronavirus invasion. It is conceived that inhalable virus-like particles with long-term stability wound open a new avenue for vaccines delivery and further achieve vaccine popularization to against with COVID-19 pandemic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 24-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49709416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comprehensive review on carbon quantum dots as an effective photosensitizer and drug delivery system for cancer treatment","authors":"Kondi Soumya, Namdev More, Mounika Choppadandi, D.A. Aishwarya, Gajendar Singh, Govinda Kapusetti","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are an emerging class of carbon-based nanomaterials. CQDs are receiving considerable interest in biomedical applications due to their low toxicity, stability profile, efficient surface tailorability, aqueous solubility, diverse functionality, biocompatibility, and size-tunable emission when compared to other conventional carbon quantum dots (CDs) of group II, III, IV & V. Improved photodynamic treatment, photosensitization, bioimaging, targeted drug delivery, fluorescent marker for disease-detection, cell tracking, and biosensors are made possible by the presence of diverse functional groups on the surface of CQDs, such as thiol, carboxyl, hydroxyl, etc. This article gives thorough understanding of CQDs for drug delivery applications by describing their origin and rationale. In addition, the in-vivo characteristics of CQDs are also examined in an initiative to strengthen the argument for CQDs as powerful drug delivery vehicles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 11-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49709658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.02.001
Abid Haleem , Mohd Javaid , Ravi Pratap Singh , Rajiv Suman
{"title":"Exploring the revolution in healthcare systems through the applications of digital twin technology","authors":"Abid Haleem , Mohd Javaid , Ravi Pratap Singh , Rajiv Suman","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Digital Twin is a virtual replica of an item that is gaining traction in several sectors. This technology is creating significant advancements in the field of healthcare. A machine or a person's digital twin is a virtual replica of that entity. In order to create a digital model that can be tested and simulated, one has to gather enormous volumes of data through Internet of Things (IoT) sensors for the associated application. Based on the patient's lifestyle, regular eating habits, and blood sugar data, this technology helps to warn the patient about prescriptions, dietary adjustments, medical consultations, and other situations. Digital Twin uses a substantial quantity of data from multiple IoT devices and uses Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered models. Patients' own Digital Twin uses previous data insights to help select the most appropriate medication, forecast the results of a particular surgery, and control chronic illness. The main aim of this paper is to study Digital Twin and its need for the healthcare sector. This Paper discusses various features and services of Digital Twin for Healthcare. Various technologies and tools of Digital Twins for Healthcare are also briefed and further identified and discussed, along with significant applications. The healthcare sector has realised to create a framework focused on the patient. In the future, healthcare should think about more advanced ways to provide best-in-class treatment to the patient. Planning for the post-digital era is crucial as healthcare organisations continue their digital transformation initiatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 28-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49709408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomedical TechnologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.003
Yiqin Ding , Changyi Liu , Yilun Wu , Fanfan Fu
{"title":"Overcoming melanoma resistance to immune checkpoint blockade therapy using nano-strategies","authors":"Yiqin Ding , Changyi Liu , Yilun Wu , Fanfan Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Monoclonal antibodies targeting CTLA-4, PD-1/PD-L1 axis, and LAG-3, have shown unprecedented clinical success in melanoma. However, such immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies failed to initiate primary immune responses or with limited durability. Here, we reviewed the mechanisms eliciting intrinsic resistance and adaptive resistance in melanoma patients. Furthermore, we introduced emerging nano-strategies to overcome the ICB by either enhancing tumour cell phagocytosis through checkpoint-mediated internalization or devising nano-immunomodulators for ICB combination therapy. These strategies may lead to clinical translations in the future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 41-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49709661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A computational model to assess the effectiveness of adhesive materials in restoration of crown-root fractures","authors":"Amandeep Kaur , Shubham Gupta , Nitesh Tewari , Arnab Chanda","doi":"10.1016/j.bmt.2023.09.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fragment reattachment for crown root fractures has become a routinely employed treatment modality with the advancements in adhesive dentistry. Among the majority of documented dental trauma cases, this specific fracture type is one of the most prevalent and difficult fracture kinds. Due to its complexity, these fracture kinds are often not computationally modelled. Moreover, there is a lack of literature to understand the effect of different adhesive materials, used to re-attach this particular fracture, on traumatic injuries. In our work, 3D models of the permanent maxillary central incisor tooth were developed using cone beam computed tomography image of a patient. This model was systematically modified to represent a prominent crown root fracture and subsequently re-attached computationally using three different adhesives. A biting force and a traumatic load were applied, and the induced stresses were studied across the healthy and treated tooth models and compared for three different adhesives used for re-attachment of fractured fragments. Tooth reattached with resin adhesive performed better in all the loading conditions that were considered in the study as compared to flowable composite and resin cement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100180,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical Technology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49720774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}