Smart nanoparticles for cancer therapy

L Sun, H Liu, Y Ye, Y Lei, R Islam, S Tan… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Smart nanoparticles, which can respond to biological cues or be guided by them, are
emerging as a promising drug delivery platform for precise cancer treatment. The field of …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective

CK Schmidt, M Medina-Sánchez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic chemotherapy remains the backbone of many cancer treatments. Due to its
untargeted nature and the severe side effects it can cause, numerous nanomedicine …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Three-dimensional spheroids as in vitro preclinical models for cancer research

B Pinto, AC Henriques, PMA Silva, H Bousbaa - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture
techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority …

Copper single-atom jellyfish-like nanomotors for enhanced tumor penetration and nanocatalytic therapy

Y Xing, J Xiu, M Zhou, T Xu, M Zhang, H Li, X Li, X Du… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with extraordinary catalytic activity have been receiving great attention
in tumor therapy. However, most single-atom catalysts lack self-propulsion properties …

Current advance of nanotechnology in diagnosis and treatment for malignant tumors

B Wang, S Hu, Y Teng, J Chen, H Wang, Y Xu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer remains a significant risk to human health. Nanomedicine is a new multidisciplinary
field that is garnering a lot of interest and investigation. Nanomedicine shows great potential …

Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder

AC Hortelao, C Simó, M Guix, S Guallar-Garrido… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Enzyme-powered nanomotors are an exciting technology for biomedical applications due to
their ability to navigate within biological environments using endogenous fuels. However …

Enzyme-based mesoporous nanomotors with near-infrared optical brakes

M Liu, L Chen, Z Zhao, M Liu, T Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the most important parameters of the nanomotors' motion, precise speed control of
enzyme-based nanomotors is highly desirable in many bioapplications. However, owing to …