Translating Sex- and Disease-Informed Design Criteria from Human Lung into Engineered Biomaterials
Haley Noelle, Mikala C. Mueller, Rachel Blomberg, Nicole D Sempertegui, Dema Essmaeil, Brisa Peña, Maxwell C. McCabe, Chelsea M. Magin
This study develops sex- and disease-informed biomaterial design criteria from human lung tissue to create engineered hybrid-hydrogels that recapitulate mechanical and biochemical features of IPF.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering