3D Technology in Biomedicine: Studying Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 407
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanoparticles; regenerative medicine; small molecules; tissue engineering; 3D technology; muscle dystrophy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medical research has exploited 3D models to investigate preventive and reparative strategies for several human diseases. These in vitro models have the advantage of serving as reliable biomimetic systems, thus reducing animal use and the often hardly available human explants.
Different 3D technologies (spheroids and organoids, bioprinted tissue models, skin equivalent, organ-on-a-chip, etc.) have been set up by researchers to investigate the molecular mechanisms in healthy, diseased, and regenerating tissues.
In this scenario, the present Special Issue is aimed at illustrating the contribution of 3D technology in biomedical research.
As guest editors, we encourage researchers from the academy and industry to present their results in reviews or original articles: this will highlight the current state-of-the-art and innovative strategies in the application of 3D models to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of biological phenomena in health and disease.
Dr. Flavia Carton
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D technologies
- biomedicine
- molecular biology
- in vitro/ex vivo models
- regenerative medicine
- human diseases
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