2019生物工程与大健康专刊序言

Preface for special issue on bioengineering and human health (2019)

摘要:

健康是人类生存和发展的基础，提高人类健康水平是可持续发展的一项重要目标。随着社会科学技术的发展，生物工程作为一门综合性学科，正日益成为驱动实现这些目标的重要推手。本专刊从工程设计、疾病诊断、基因治疗、细胞治疗等方面阐述了生物工程技术在健康领域的发展现状，展望了未来发展趋势，推动生物工程为人类的生命健康事业提供参考。

Abstract:

Human health is the foundation of human survival and development. It is an important objective of sustainable development to enhance human health level. With the development of science and technology, bioengineering, as an interdisciplinary biological technology, is becoming the key driver of these goals. This special issue reviewed and discussed the recent progress and future perspectives of bioengineering technologies in the biomedical applications from the aspects of engineering design, disease diagnosis, gene- and cell-based therapies. We hope this special issue could provide valuable references for promoting bioengineering technologies used for the healthcare applications.