Advancing Cancer Research by Exploring the Tissue Engineering Toolbox
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1925
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer research requires physiologically relevant experimental 3D in vitro models to advance our understanding of tumour biology, pathogenesis, and drug response at the tissue level. The native tumour microenvironment (TME) consists of cancerous and non-cancerous cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix. We can reconstruct relevant TME in 3D in vitro using tissue engineering and a biomaterial development toolbox, physical sciences, and additive manufacturing with appropriately sourced and propagated human cells, which retain the fundamental genetic and epigenetic landscape. This Special Issue will explore the growing body of evidence supporting these models' experimental value.
We look forward to receiving your contributions, whether they be in the form of an article or a review on the topic.
Dr. Olga Piskareva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tissue engineering
- biomaterials
- tumour microenvironment
- extracellular matrix
- biomechanics
- functional materials
- 3D in vitro models
- organoids
- cancer cell signalling
- metastasis
- organ/tumour-on-chip
