Bionic humans
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The human lifespan has almost doubled over the last century. As we live longer, concerns about rehabilitation after accidents and diseases and the natural breakdown of the body during aging have increased interest into healthy aging and the ability to enhance our natural capabilities, including the use of biomaterials. Understanding how the human body breaks down and how to best rehabilitate it is vital. In parallel with this, understanding how to augment the physical capabilities of healthy individuals can support health and prevent, reduce, or prolong the onset of deterioration. Biomaterials have allowed us to support or replace biological functions lost to traumatic injury, disease, or aging, and developments in tissue engineering have the potential to greatly improve the lifespan and quality of life among people with various conditions. These interventions might be thought of as making us “bionic” – having our capability or performance augmented or restored.
This Collection aims to explore the ways in which humans are becoming more bionic and welcomes original research on injury or disease occurrence and rehabilitation, exercise physiology, and biomaterials and tissue engineering.
Editors
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Dr Yih-Kuen Jan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Dr Marco Gervasi
University of Urbino, Italy
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Dr Silvia Todros
University of Padova, Italy
