Although biofluid mechanics has been studied extensively, most of the studies have concentrated on cardiovascular biofluid mechanics. Very little attention has been paid to the other important problems in biomedicine. Several non-traditional areas which offer interesting and challenging problems remain unexplored, and fluid mechanics can have fruitful interaction with these disciplines. This paper brings into focus some of the important areas of biomedicine which offer fertile grounds for biofluid mechanics studies.
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