Insect Models in Medicine: Mechanisms and Applications
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editor
Interests: silkworm; translational medicine; biomedical materials; antitumor bioactive compounds; silk protein; molecular biology; insect biotechnology; insect genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insects, the most diverse organisms on Earth, provide unique model organism resources for biomedical research due to their biological characteristics. Compared to traditional experimental systems, insect models offer notable advantages, including low cost, ease of handling, short life cycles, and minimal ethical constraints, demonstrating significant potential in disease mechanism elucidation, drug discovery, and medical innovation. Their applications encompass simulating human genetic diseases, exploring pathogen–host interaction mechanisms, establishing high-throughput platforms for drug screening and toxicity evaluation, and developing insect-derived bioactive substances. Additionally, innovative applications of insect-based biomaterials, such as biodegradable medical dressings and biomedical implants, have attracted growing attention. This Special Issue sincerely invites original research articles or systematic reviews from academic peers to discuss the latest advancements of insect models in biomedical research, including, but not limited to, the aforementioned areas, with the aim of collectively advancing theoretical and practical breakthroughs in the interdisciplinary field of entomology and medicine.
Dr. Erhu Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- insect models
- medical applications
- disease mechanisms
- drug discovery
- high-throughput screening
- bioactive substances
- pathogen interactions
- biomaterial applications
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