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In January of 2011, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) held its inaugural Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference. The CMBE conference assembled worldwide leaders in the field of CMBE and held a very successful Round Table discussion among leaders. One of the action items was to collectively construct a white paper regarding the future of CMBE. Thus, the goal of this report is to emphasize the impact of CMBE as an emerging field, identify critical gaps in research that may be answered by the expertise of CMBE, and provide perspectives on enabling CMBE to address challenges in improving human health. Our goal is to provide constructive guidelines in shaping the future of CMBE.
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We would like to acknowledge following individuals who have contributed in various forms to this paper (in alphabetical order): Alissa Morss Clyne, Dennis E. Discher, Daniel A. Fletcher, William H. Guilford, Jay D. Humphrey, Clark T. Hung, Nic D. Leipzig, Elizabeth G. Loboa, Daniel J. Müller, David J. Odde, Yixian Qin, Masaaki Sato, Michael S. Sacks, Robert T. Tranquillo, James H.-C. Wang, Sihong Wang. We would also like to thank Ms. Genya Gurvich for her assistance in manuscript preparation. XEG acknowledges partial funding support from NIH (R13EB012902, R01AR052461, and R21AR059917).
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Brown, G., Butler, P.J., Chang, D.W. et al. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering: A Tipping Point. Cel. Mol. Bioeng. 5, 239–253 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-012-0246-7
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