Your body’s cartilage is your own elastic material. If you bend the outside of your ear and let go, it bounces right back. That’s because your outer ear is made from cartilage which is made from ...

The reconstruction is usually performed with autologous rib-costal cartilage fashioned to mimic the contours of the pinna in a single or a staged procedure. (1,9,10) However, due to the differences in ...

Biomimicking biological niches of healthy tissues or tumors can be achieved by means of artificial microenvironments, where structural and mechanical properties are crucial parameters to promote ...