Advancing cancer precision medicine through cell-based functional assays and microfluidics. Finding the needle in a haystack to improve pediatric leukemia treatment 

    Manzano Muñoz, Albert (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)

    [eng] Personalized medicine has emerged to improve cancer treatment beyond classical approaches. The identification of genetic mutations by molecular analyses dominate personalized medicine initiatives promoting clinical ...

    Biomechanics of the progression of colorectal carcinomas 

    Fornabaio, Giulia (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)

    [eng] Living tissues are active materials with the ability to undergo drastic shape and dimension transitions. If properly controlled, these morphological changes allow various physiological phenomena such as embryonic ...

    Development of tunable bioinks to fabricate 3D-printed in vitro models: a special focus on skeletal muscle models with potential applications in metabolic alteration studies 

    García Lizarribar, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-01-28)

    In vitro engineered three-dimensional tissue models are attracting an increasing interest due to their potential applications in preclinical assays. On the one hand, they are an alternative to the high costs, ethical issues ...