We engineer a mechanism or an improvement to see if we can improve the function.
"Everything is a balance, in terms of trying to improve the function of one system, like respiration, while not injuring another, like the brain," Camilia Martin told me.
The N.I.H.-financed program has led to the production of a number of pumps meant to help improve the function of a weakened heart, known as heart assist devices.
I recently participated in a panel convened by Esquire Magazine, in which they asked four retired members of congress –Senators Lott and Daschle, Congressman Livingston, and me – to make recommendations about how to improve the function of Congress, including syncing up the House and Senate's schedules, eliminating gerrymandering and speeding up the confirmations of executive appointees.
I was also frustrated that a lot of very high-end, Italian designer lights are just beautiful objects, but the intention to improve the function or the quality of light has been ignored.
So what else is NSF doing to improve the function of its ambitious-science receptors?
Paclitaxel, with its antitumor effect, may improve the function of metallic stents used for biliary drainage.
Aligned and conductive scaffolds have been fabricated as synthetic microenvironments to improve the function of cardiomyocytes.
Autologous primary myoblast transplantation may improve the function of infarcted myocardium via myogenesis.
Tissue engineering aims to improve the function of diseased or damaged organs by creating biological substitutes.
This has produced a development of biological substitutes that could repair or improve the function of tissue.
