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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Recent trends in bioartificial muscle engineering and their applications in cultured meat, biorobotic systems and biohybrid implants
ClearSoft Actuators and Actuation: Design, Synthesis, and Applications
This review covers the design, synthesis, and applications of soft actuators made from hydrogel materials, which are used in robotics, artificial muscles, and biomedical devices. Researchers examined fabrication techniques including 3D printing and photolithography, as well as how these materials respond to environmental stimuli. While primarily a materials science review, it touches on the broader context of developing biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastic-based components.
НОВІ ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ. ШТУЧНЕ М’ЯСО, ЯК НОВЕ ДЖЕРЕЛО БІЛКОВИХ ПРОДУКТІВ У ХАРЧУВАННІ СУЧАСНОЇ ЛЮДИНИ
This Ukrainian article discusses cultured meat production technologies as a potential protein source to reduce pressure on traditional animal agriculture. The paper is focused on food technology and is unrelated to microplastic research.
Investigating the Impact of Microplastics on Fish Muscle Cell Proliferation and Differentiation: Enhancing Food Safety in Cultivated Meat Production
Researchers exposed Atlantic mackerel muscle cells to polyethylene microspheres at concentrations representative of environmental contamination and found that microplastics significantly impaired cell attachment and proliferation, particularly at 10 µg/mL. The findings matter for the growing cultivated meat industry, which sources cells from marine species already exposed to microplastics, raising food safety questions.
Cutting-Edge Technologies of Meat Analogs: A Review
This paper is not relevant to microplastics research; it reviews technologies for producing meat analogs including cultured meat and insect-derived proteins, with no connection to plastic pollution or microplastic contamination.
Safety Issues in the Development of Cell-Cultured Meat
This review examines safety issues in the development of cell-cultured meat as an alternative to conventional animal husbandry, identifying unresolved concerns around food safety, production scalability, and regulatory approval that must be addressed before commercial deployment.
Can Cultured Meat Be an Alternative to Farm Animal Production for a Sustainable and Healthier Lifestyle?
This review examines whether cultured meat, grown from cells in a bioreactor rather than raised on farms, could serve as a more sustainable alternative to conventional animal agriculture. Researchers found potential benefits including reduced land use and pollution, but noted that the energy required for cultured meat production could be higher due to replacing biological functions with technological processes.
Global Insights into Cultured Meat: Uncovering Production Processes, Potential Hazards, Regulatory Frameworks, and Key Challenges—A Scoping Review
This review examines the production process and potential health hazards of lab-grown cultured meat, including contamination risks from microplastics in growth media and packaging materials. The findings suggest that while cultured meat may reduce some environmental impacts of traditional farming, new food safety risks including microplastic contamination need careful regulation.
Enhancing food safety and cultivated meat production: exploring the impact of microplastics on fish muscle cell proliferation and differentiation
Researchers investigated how microplastic contamination affects fish muscle cells used in cultivated meat production. They found that polystyrene microplastics impaired the ability of fish cells to grow and develop into muscle tissue, even at relatively low concentrations. The findings raise concerns about microplastic interference in both lab-grown seafood production and the safety of sourcing cells from marine organisms already exposed to plastic pollution.
Cultured meat in the European Union: Legislative context and food safety issues
Researchers review the regulatory and food safety landscape for cultured meat — animal protein grown from cells in a lab rather than slaughtered animals — within the European Union's precautionary approval framework. While cultured meat could reduce agriculture's enormous carbon footprint and help feed a projected 9–11 billion people by 2050, concerns about production safety, texture, nutrition, and consumer acceptance still need to be resolved.
Tough Hydrogels with Different Toughening Mechanisms and Applications
This review examines advances in engineering tough hydrogels that can withstand significant mechanical stress, mimicking the properties of load-bearing biological tissues like cartilage and muscle. Researchers summarized various toughening strategies including double-network designs and nanocomposite reinforcement. The study highlights the potential of these materials for biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, wound healing, and soft robotics.
Food safety considerations in the advancement of cultured meat: Evaluating novel ingredients
This commentary on cultured meat (lab-grown meat) includes a brief but notable section on microplastics as an emerging food safety concern for the technology, noting that plastic scaffolding materials and other production inputs could introduce microplastics into the final product. The paper also addresses cell culture media, fetal bovine serum alternatives, and regulatory gaps more broadly. While not primarily a microplastics study, it raises the underexplored question of whether cultured meat could become a new dietary route of microplastic exposure.
Reprocessing seafood waste: challenge to develop aquatic clean meat from fish cells
Researchers discovered that cells derived from discarded fish fins can naturally change shape into muscle-like and fat-like cells without genetic modification, successfully producing a prototype of lab-grown 'aquatic clean meat' and offering a sustainable, low-waste approach to future seafood production.
The new era of cardiovascular research: revolutionizing cardiovascular research with 3D models in a dish
This review explores how three-dimensional cell and tissue models grown in the laboratory are transforming cardiovascular research. Researchers describe advances in organoids, heart-on-chip devices, and 3D-printed tissue constructs that better mimic human heart and blood vessel biology than traditional animal models. The study highlights how these new models could accelerate the discovery of treatments for heart disease while reducing reliance on animal testing.
Bridging systems biology and tissue engineering: Unleashing the full potential of complex 3D in vitro tissue models of disease
This review discusses how advanced three-dimensional tissue models grown in the laboratory could be combined with computational systems biology approaches to better study human diseases. Researchers argue that current analysis methods do not fully capture the complexity these tissue models offer, and that mathematical modeling could unlock deeper insights. The study outlines a framework for integrating these two fields to improve drug development and understanding of disease mechanisms.
Recent Advances on Underwater Soft Robots
This paper describes advances in underwater soft robots made from flexible materials that can adapt to ocean environments. While not directly related to microplastics, these robots have potential applications in ocean monitoring and environmental cleanup. The review covers the materials, movement patterns, power systems, and sensing capabilities that could eventually help address marine plastic pollution.
Cell‐based food needs collaborative efforts for safe production and suitable consumption
Not relevant to microplastics — this commentary discusses the safety, regulatory, and consumer acceptance challenges surrounding cell-based (lab-grown) food production.
3D Bioprinting: Process, Techniques, Biomaterials and Bioinks and its Future Aspects
This paper is not about microplastics — it reviews 3D bioprinting techniques, biomaterials, and bioinks used to fabricate tissue-mimicking constructs for medical applications.
Emerging Advanced Materials, Properties for Biomedical Applications
This is a materials science review covering advances in synthetic, natural, and hybrid biomaterials for medical applications such as drug delivery and artificial organs; it is not a microplastics research paper.
Knowledge Domain and Hotspots Predict Concerning Electroactive Biomaterials Applied in Tissue Engineering: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis From 2011 to 2021
Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 3,374 publications on electroactive biomaterials used in tissue engineering from 2011 to 2021, using VOSviewer and CiteSpace to map research domains and emerging hotspots. China contributed the most publications and citations, with conductive polymers and piezoelectric materials representing major research focus areas, and the analysis identified cell culture and neural/cardiac tissue regeneration as dominant application themes.
Recent Advances in Biopolymers for Biomedical and Packaging Applications
This review examines recent advances in biopolymers -- including polysaccharides, proteins, and synthetic biopolymers -- for applications in biomedical and packaging fields. The authors highlight the appeal of biopolymers as sustainable, biodegradable, and biocompatible alternatives to conventional petroleum-based materials.
Convergence of tissue engineering and sustainable development goals
This review explores how tissue engineering is aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, covering biomaterials and technologies like bioprinting and electrospinning. While not focused on microplastics, the review discusses the use of synthetic polymers in medical implants and devices, which raises questions about whether these materials could release micro or nanoplastics inside the body over time. The push for more sustainable, biodegradable biomaterials could help reduce this potential source of internal microplastic exposure.
Application of biodegradable packaging in meat and meat products: A sustainable approach for meat industry
This review examines the application of biodegradable packaging materials in meat and meat products as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. Researchers found that biodegradable packaging — which breaks down into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass — can maintain product quality while substantially reducing environmental plastic pollution from the meat industry.
Hydrogels: A Comprehensive Review of Structure, Properties, and Multifaceted Applications
This review provides a systematic overview of hydrogel classification, cross-linking mechanisms, and properties, examining their applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, soft robotics, and sustainable agriculture, and discussing stimuli-responsive behavior and emerging directions in the field.
Multifunctional Application of Biopolymers and Biomaterials
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a broad review of multifunctional applications of biopolymers and biomaterials across medicine, packaging, and engineering.