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ReviewNature materials2017

Leveraging advances in biology to design biomaterials.

Max Darnell, David J Mooney

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Review in Nature materials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Delivering living medicines with biomaterials.Nature reviews. Materials · 2025
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  12. A Hierarchical Mechanotransduction System: From Macro to Micro.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Max DarnellHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
David J MooneyHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

Funding

ENGINEERING SKELETAL MUSCLE WITH BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGELSR01DE013349 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 2000 to 2022
$9.3M
POLYMERIC MATRICES WITH DEFINED CELL ADHESION AND MECHANR01DE013033 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 1998 to 2018
$3.0M
NIH HHS R01 DE013033NIH HHS R01 DE013349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomaterials have dramatically increased in functionality and complexity, allowing unprecedented control over the cells that interact with them. From these engineering advances arises the prospect of improved biomaterial-based therapies, yet practical constraints favour simplicity. Tools from the biology community are enabling high-resolution and high-throughput bioassays that, if incorporated into a biomaterial design framework, could help achieve unprecedented functionality while minimizing the complexity of designs by identifying the most important material parameters and biological outputs. However, to avoid data explosions and to effectively match the information content of an assay with the goal of the experiment, material screens and bioassays must be arranged in specific ways. By borrowing methods to design experiments and workflows from the bioprocess engineering community, we outline a framework for the incorporation of next-generation bioassays into biomaterials design to effectively optimize function while minimizing complexity. This framework can inspire biomaterials designs that maximize functionality and translatability.

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AnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsBiological AssayHumansMaterials TestingBiocompatible Materials

Identifiers

PMID29170558

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