“Physiology in extreme conditions” was concerned with two main issues: (a) to increase knowledge about individual reactions and mechanisms of adaptations in specific extreme environmental conditions; (b) to widen the analytical skills gap created by data generated in extremely severe conditions, and in response to pathological disorders. A wide spectrum of topics was proposed by the included ar...

organ donor card (ODC). The public seems to say one thing but does by the public are not matched by action. another. In July 1994, The Advertising Council, Inc., in conjunction with It is doubtful that the supply of cadaveric organs will ever the Coalition on Donation, launched a major promotional campaign to fully meet the demand. In fact, artificial organs (Basu-Dutt et educate the U.S. publi...

Most types of medical technology assessment are performed only after the technology has been developed. Consequently, they have only minor effects on changes in clinical practice. Our study introduces a new method of constructive medical technology assessment that can change the development and diffusion of a medical device to improve its later clinical effectiveness. The method, based on Saaty...

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Organ-on-a-chip engineering aims to create artificial living organs that mimic the complex and physiological responses of real organs, in order to test drugs by precisely manipulating the cells and their microenvironments. To achieve this, the artificial organs should to be microfabricated with an extracellular matrix (ECM) and various types of cells, and should recapitulate morphogenesis, cell...