- Discuss how findings, from a tissue engineering perspective, will advance medical science.
- Comment on how biology and/or physiology are important to the development of the approach/application.
- Summarize how the research results found in the literature articles show the potential of the solution and the impact on patient health.
- Methods
- Describe the critical experimental methods used in the literature articles you cite that are most relevant to understanding this thesis
- Describe the critical experimental models used for investigation in the literature articles you cite (in vitro, animal, human, etc.)
- Identify all the components/parts of the engineered solution and how they could be produced/obtained
- Important Protein Player
- Choose a protein that plays an important role in the function of your device/concept
- Explain what role the protein plays (ligand, receptor, etc.) and its general structure (alpha helix, beta sheet, multiple units, etc.)
- Explain how the protein functions in its role
- This protein can be an actual piece of the device, or it can be an endogenous protein that interacts with it.
- One Key Signaling Pathway
- Describe and diagram one key signaling pathway that is important to the functioning of your device/concept. It is acceptable to copy a diagram of the pathway from a book/drawing, as long as the diagram is cited.
- While Sections 5-6 may involve the same protein, describe the protein in Section 5 and the pathway in Section 6.
- Alternatively, you can describe a different signaling pathway here that does not involve the protein from Section 5.
- The pathway may be something the device directly interacts with, or it may be a pathway involved in the growth/regeneration/repair/genesis of the tissue type that interacts with your device.
- Important Cellular Interactions
- Describe and diagram one key intercellular interaction that is important to the functioning of your device/concept. It is acceptable to copy a diagram of the interaction from a book/drawing, as long as the diagram is cited
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