Bacterial resistance to antibacterial agents: Mechanisms, control strategies, and implications for global health

T Li, Z Wang, J Guo, C de la Fuente-Nunez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of bacterial drug resistance has posed a severe threat to public health globally.
Here, we cover bacterial resistance to current antibacterial drugs, including traditional herbal …

[HTML][HTML] Smart dental materials for antimicrobial applications

C Montoya, L Roldan, M Yu, S Valliani, C Ta, M Yang… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart biomaterials can sense and react to physiological or external environmental stimuli
(eg, mechanical, chemical, electrical, or magnetic signals). The last decades have seen …

Ultrasound trapping and navigation of microrobots in the mouse brain vasculature

A Del Campo Fonseca, C Glück, J Droux… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The intricate and delicate anatomy of the brain poses significant challenges for the treatment
of cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, precise local drug delivery in …

Drug-free antimicrobial nanomotor for precise treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections

L Liu, S Li, K Yang, Z Chen, Q Li, L Zheng, Z Wu… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Manufacturing heteronanostructures with specific physicochemical characteristics and tightly
controllable designs is very appealing. Herein, we reported NIR-II light-driven dual …

Recent progress of intelligent antibacterial nanoplatforms for treating bacterial infection

H Sun, M Sun, Y You, J Xie, X Xu, J Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection has been a severe concern of global health which seriously threatens
human lives. Particularly, drug-resistant bacteria and protective biofilm pose nonnegligible …

Targeting biofilm infections in humans using small scale robotics

HH Tran, A Watkins, MJ Oh, A Babeer, TP Schaer… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The eradication of drug-resistant microbial biofilms remains an unresolved global health
challenge. Small-scale robotics are providing innovative therapeutic and diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-function-guided design of synthetic peptides with anti-infective activity derived from wasp venom

A Boaro, L Ageitos, MDT Torres, EB Blasco… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from natural toxins and venoms offer a promising
alternative source of antibiotics. Here, through structure-function-guided design, we convert …

Light-powered, fuel-free oscillation, migration, and reversible manipulation of multiple cargo types by micromotor swarms

J Zhang, A Laskar, J Song, OE Shklyaev, F Mou… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Through experiments and simulations, we show that fuel-free photoactive TiO2
microparticles can form mobile, coherent swarms in the presence of UV light, which track the …

Biomedical Micro‐/Nanomotors: Design, Imaging, and Disease Treatment

W Liu, Y Liu, H Li, H Nie, M Tian… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Untethered mobile micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs), as newly‐emerging attractive and versatile
nanotechnologies, are expected to be the next‐generation disease treatment tools, for …

Antimicrobial micro/nanorobotic materials design: From passive combat to active therapy

J Li, H Shen, H Zhou, R Shi, C Wu, PK Chu - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rise of multidrug-resistant bacteria has emerged as one of the major threats to global
public health. Moreover, many pathogenic bacteria can form stubborn biofilms to prevent …