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Download or read book Mechanobiology written by Glen L. Niebur and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechanobiology: From Molecular Sensing to Disease will provide a review of the current state of understanding of mechanobiology and its role in health and disease. It covers: Current understanding of the main molecular pathways by which cells sense and respond to mechanical stimuli, A review of diseases that with known or purported mechanobiological underpinnings; The role of mechanobiology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; Experimental methods to capture mechanobiological phenomena; Computational models in mechanobiology. - Presents our current understanding of the main molecular pathways by which cells sense and respond to mechanical stimuli - Provides a review of diseases with known or purported mechanobiological underpinnings - Includes the role of mechanobiology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - Covers experimental methods to capture mechanobiological phenomena