Wearable computers that mimic the function of a watch, but also connect to smartphones to offer extra functionality, are a growing category, though still of niche interest.
Can we mimic the function of the retina with computational models?
Over the past 11 years, Isacoff and two close colleagues, Berkeley biologist Richard Kramer and chemist Dirk Trauner at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMunichnich, developed techniques that harness light to block or mimic the function of neuronal synapses.
Researchers in the laboratory of cardiologist Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, are working to clear up an essential stem cell mystery — how closely do cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells mimic the function and gene expression of the native tissue?
The porous helical shell supported the formation of bone-like tissues, while the luminal surface of nanofibrous core enabled endothelialization to mimic the function of Haversian canal.
The scaffold attempts to mimic the function of the natural extracellular matrix, providing a temporary template for the growth of target tissues.
Many diseases and disorders are linked to exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that mimic the function of natural estrogen hormones.
Additionally, the naked eye sensitive "On Off On" switching behavior of 7 has been utilized to mimic the function of a sequential logic circuit at molecular level.
Last month researchers at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles inserted a genetically modified virus inside the heart to mimic the function of the sinoatrial node, the heart's natural pacemaker.
Thus it is important to develop new drug delivery devices to achieve pulsed delivery of a certain amount of drugs in order to mimic the function of the living systems, while minimizing undesired side effects.
Thus, to mimic the function of living systems and in view of emerging chronotherapeutic approaches, pulsatile delivery, which is meant to release a drug following programmed lag phase, has attracted increasing interest in recent years.
