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It is our pleasure to invite you to read the issue cover papers from the Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354) journal published in 2021. The selected papers are listed below:

1. “Electrospun Fiber Scaffolds for Engineering Glial Cell Behavior to Promote Neural Regeneration”
by Devan L. Puhl, Jessica L. Funnell, Derek W. Nelson, Manoj K. Gottipati, and Ryan J. Gilbert
Bioengineering 2021, 8(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/1/4

2. “Navigating the Collagen Jungle: The Biomedical Potential of Fiber Organization in Cancer”
by Jonathan N. Ouellette, Cole R. Drifka, Kelli B. Pointer, Yuming Liu, Tyler J Lieberthal, W John Kao, John S. Kuo, Agnes G. Loeffler and Kevin W. Eliceiri
Bioengineering 2021, 8(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8020017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/2/17

3. “Suitable CO₂ Solubility Models for Determination of the CO₂ Removal Performance of Oxygenators”
by Benjamin Lukitsch, Paul Ecker, Martin Elenkov, Christoph Janeczek, Christian Jordan, Claus G. Krenn, Roman Ullrich, Margit Gfoehler and Michael Harasek
Bioengineering 2021, 8(3), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8030033
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/3/33

4. “Octreotide-Targeted Lcn2 siRNA PEGylated Liposomes as a Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer”
by Vrinda Gote and Dhananjay Pal
Bioengineering 2021, 8(4), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8040044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/4/44

5. “The Use of Microfabrication Techniques for the Design and Manufacture of Artificial Stem Cell Microenvironments for Tissue Regeneration”
by David H. Ramos-Rodrigue, Sheila MacNeil, Frederik Claeyssens and Ilida Ortega Asencio
Bioengineering 2021, 8(5), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8050050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/5/50

6. “Regenerative Strategies in Cleft Palate: An Umbrella Review”
by Inês Francisco, Anabela Baptista Paula, Bárbara Oliveiros, Maria Helena Fernandes, Eunice Carrilho, Carlos Miguel Marto and Francisco Vale
Bioengineering 2021, 8(6), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8060076
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/6/76

7. “Electrospun Microfibers Modulate Intracellular Amino Acids in Liver Cells via Integrin β1”
by Tianjiao Huang, John A. Terrell, Jay H. Chung and Chengpeng Chen
Bioengineering 2021, 8(7), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8070088
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/7/88

8. “Dual Network Composites of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Calcium Metaphosphate/Alginate with Osteogenic Ions for Bone Tissue Engineering in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”
by Lilis Iskandar, Lucy DiSilvio, Jonathan Acheson and Sanjukta Deb
Bioengineering 2021, 8(8), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8080107
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/8/107

9. “Improved Repopulation Efficacy of Decellularized Small Diameter Vascular Grafts Utilizing the Cord Blood Platelet Lysate”
by Panagiotis Mallis, Dimitrios P. Sokolis, Michalis Katsimpoulas, Alkiviadis Kostakis, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas and Efstathios Michalopoulos
Bioengineering 2021, 8(9), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8090118
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/9/118

10. “Operative Workflow from CT to 3D Printing of the Heart: Opportunities and Challenges”
by Michele Bertolini, Marco Rossoni and Giorgio Colombo
Bioengineering 2021, 8(10), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8100130
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/10/130

11. “Two-Stage Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Production from Cheese Whey Using Acetobacter pasteurianus C1 and Bacillus sp. CYR1”
by Young-Cheol Chang, Motakatla Venkateswar Reddy, Kazuma Imura, Rui Onodera, Natsumi Kamada and Yuki Sano
Bioengineering 2021, 8(11), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8110157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/11/157

12. “Mechanisms Driving Microbial Community Composition in Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Waste-Activated Sewage Sludge”
by Jan Torsten Jeske and Claudia Gallert
Bioengineering 2021, 8(12), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8120197
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/12/197