{"id":164633,"date":"2023-05-27T05:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/artificial-muscle-fibers-could-serve-as-cell-scaffolds"},"modified":"2023-05-27T05:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:23:12","slug":"artificial-muscle-fibers-could-serve-as-cell-scaffolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/artificial-muscle-fibers-could-serve-as-cell-scaffolds","title":{"rendered":"Artificial muscle fibers could serve as cell scaffolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/artificial-muscle-fibers-could-serve-as-cell-scaffolds.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers have designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle. In the first study, published in <i>Actuators<\/i>, the researchers focused on the materials\u2019 influence on artificial muscles\u2019 strength and contraction length. The findings could help researchers tailor the fibers for different applications.<\/p>\n<p>In the second, proof-of-concept study published in <i>Biomimetics<\/i>, the researchers tested their fibers as scaffolds for <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/live+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">live cells<\/a>. Their findings suggest the fibers\u2014known as \u201cfiber robots\u201d\u2014could potentially be used to develop 3D models of living, moving systems in the human body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that our fiber robot is a very suitable scaffold for the cells, and we can alter the frequency and contraction ratio to create a more suitable environment for cells,\u201d said Muh Amdadul Hoque, graduate student in textile engineering, chemistry and science at NC State. \u201cThese were proof-of concept studies; ultimately, our goal is to see if we can study these fibers as a scaffold for stem cells, or use them to develop artificial organs in future studies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers have designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle. In the first study, published in Actuators, the researchers focused on the materials\u2019 influence on artificial muscles\u2019 strength and contraction length. The findings could help researchers tailor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1499,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-cyborgs","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}