The use of alternative strategies for enhanced nanoparticle delivery to solid tumors

M Izci, C Maksoudian, BB Manshian… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial (NM) delivery to solid tumors has been the focus of intense research for over a
decade. Classically, scientists have tried to improve NM delivery by employing passive or …

Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong

HP Yu, YJ Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Living organisms in nature have undergone continuous evolution over billions of years,
resulting in the formation of high-performance fracture-resistant biomineralized tissues such …

Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration

T Gwisai, N Mirkhani, MG Christiansen, TT Nguyen… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Biohybrid bacteria–based microrobots are increasingly recognized as promising externally
controllable vehicles for targeted cancer therapy. Magnetic fields in particular have been …

Magnetic actuation methods in bio/soft robotics

N Ebrahimi, C Bi, DJ Cappelleri, G Ciuti… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions

O Felfoul, M Mohammadi, S Taherkhani… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Oxygen-depleted hypoxic regions in the tumour are generally resistant to therapies.
Although nanocarriers have been used to deliver drugs, the targeting ratios have been very …

Magnetosome biogenesis in magnetotactic bacteria

R Uebe, D Schüler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetotactic bacteria derive their magnetic orientation from magnetosomes, which are
unique organelles that contain nanometre-sized crystals of magnetic iron minerals. Although …

Individual bacterial cells can use spatial sensing of chemical gradients to direct chemotaxis on surfaces

JHR Wheeler, KR Foster, WM Durham - Nature Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Swimming bacteria navigate chemical gradients using temporal sensing to detect changes
in concentration over time. Here we show that surface-attached bacteria use a …

Bacteria and bacterial derivatives as drug carriers for cancer therapy

Z Cao, J Liu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of bacteria and bacteria-derived membrane vesicles (MVs) has promising
potential to make a great impact on the development of controllable targeted drug delivery …

Magnetotactic Bacteria Powered Biohybrids Target E. coli Biofilms

MM Stanton, BW Park, D Vilela, K Bente, D Faivre… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biofilm colonies are typically resistant to general antibiotic treatment and require targeted
methods for their removal. One of these methods includes the use of nanoparticles as …

Self‐Propelled Micro/Nanomotors for Tumor Targeting Delivery and Therapy

R Lin, W Yu, X Chen, H Gao - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is still one of the most serious diseases with threats to health and life. Although some
advances have been made in targeting delivery of antitumor drugs over the past number of …