Abou Chakra, Maria
Shakiba, Nika
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stem Cell Network
Medicine by Design
Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 16 June 2026
First Online: 23 June 2026
Competing interests
: Maria Abou Chakra was a Guest Editor of the journal npj systems biology and applications special collection “Virtual human development: merging experiments and theory to understand human development”. M.A.C. was not involved in the journal’s review of, or decisions related to, this manuscript. The authors declare no competing financial or non-financial interests.