Weibo Cai
Editor

2014

Volume 1

This book provides a detailed discussion of the synergy between biology and engineering and the promise this convergence holds for advancing our understanding and practice of medicine. It is this complementary relationship between new discoveries in biology and the precise, quantitative, and predictable nature of engineering that underlies the significant advances described in each of chapters. When I was a young researcher, this type of multidisciplinary research was unprecedented. During the past decade I have been gratified to see it emerge and be validated as a powerful approach for addressing challenges in translational medicine.