Biomimetics – Nature's roadmap to insights and solutions for burden of lifestyle diseases
Abstract There are over 8 million species in this world that live in widely varying environments, from hot thermal fissures to cold arctic settings. These species have evolved over millions of years and vary markedly in how they have adapted to their environments. In the last decades, studies of how...
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crwiley:10.1111/joim.12982 2024-04-14T08:07:54+00:00 Biomimetics – Nature's roadmap to insights and solutions for burden of lifestyle diseases Stenvinkel, P. Painer, J. Johnson, R. J. Natterson‐Horowitz, B. Karolinska Institutet Vetenskapsrådet National Institutes of Health 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.12982 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/joim.12982 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/joim.12982 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Internal Medicine volume 287, issue 3, page 238-251 ISSN 0954-6820 1365-2796 Internal Medicine journal-article 2019 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.12982 2024-03-26T09:16:16Z Abstract There are over 8 million species in this world that live in widely varying environments, from hot thermal fissures to cold arctic settings. These species have evolved over millions of years and vary markedly in how they have adapted to their environments. In the last decades, studies of how species have succeeded in surviving in different environments and with different resources have been recognized to provide not only insights into disease but also novel means for developing treatments. Here, we provide an overview of two related and overlapping approaches (biomimetics and zoobiquity), which are turning to the natural world for insights to better understand, treat and prevent human ‘burden of lifestyle’ pathologies from heart disease and cancer to degeneration and premature ageing. We suggest that expanding biomedical investigation beyond its decades old conventional practices to new approaches based on a broad awareness of the diversity of animal life and comparative physiology can accelerate innovations in health care under the motto ‘Nature knows best’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Wiley Online Library Arctic Journal of Internal Medicine 287 3 238 251 |
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Abstract There are over 8 million species in this world that live in widely varying environments, from hot thermal fissures to cold arctic settings. These species have evolved over millions of years and vary markedly in how they have adapted to their environments. In the last decades, studies of how species have succeeded in surviving in different environments and with different resources have been recognized to provide not only insights into disease but also novel means for developing treatments. Here, we provide an overview of two related and overlapping approaches (biomimetics and zoobiquity), which are turning to the natural world for insights to better understand, treat and prevent human ‘burden of lifestyle’ pathologies from heart disease and cancer to degeneration and premature ageing. We suggest that expanding biomedical investigation beyond its decades old conventional practices to new approaches based on a broad awareness of the diversity of animal life and comparative physiology can accelerate innovations in health care under the motto ‘Nature knows best’. |
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Biomimetics – Nature's roadmap to insights and solutions for burden of lifestyle diseases |
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