Microfluidic approaches for isolation, detection, and characterization of extracellular vesicles: Current status and future directions

S Gholizadeh, MS Draz, M Zarghooni… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived vesicles present in body fluids that play an
essential role in various cellular processes, such as intercellular communication …

Phase-change contrast agents for imaging and therapy

PS Sheeran, PA Dayton - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …

An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

TBH Schroeder, A Guha, A Lamoureux… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Progress towards the integration of technology into living organisms requires electrical
power sources that are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and able to harness the …

Design of ultrasonically-activatable nanoparticles using low boiling point perfluorocarbons

PS Sheeran, SH Luois, LB Mullin, TO Matsunaga… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, an interest has developed in designing biomaterials for medical ultrasonics that
can provide the acoustic activity of microbubbles, but with improved stability in vivo and a …

Nanoparticle‐loaded protein–polymer nanodroplets for improved stability and conversion efficiency in ultrasound imaging and drug delivery

J Lee, D Carugo, C Crake, J Owen… - Advanced …, 2015 - ora.ox.ac.uk
A new formulation of volatile nanodroplets stabilized by a protein and polymer coating and
loaded with magnetic nanoparticles is developed. The droplets show enhanced stability and …

Ultrasound‐enhanced siRNA delivery using magnetic nanoparticle‐loaded chitosan‐deoxycholic acid nanodroplets

JY Lee, C Crake, B Teo, D Carugo… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has significant therapeutic potential but its clinical translation
has been severely inhibited by a lack of effective delivery strategies. Previous work has …

Controlled release of basic fibroblast growth factor for angiogenesis using acoustically-responsive scaffolds

A Moncion, M Lin, EG O'Neill, RT Franceschi… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
The clinical translation of pro-angiogenic growth factors for treatment of vascular disease
has remained a challenge due to safety and efficacy concerns. Various approaches have …

Model of droplet generation in flow focusing generators operating in the squeezing regime

X Chen, T Glawdel, N Cui, CL Ren - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
Flow focusing generators have been widely used to generate droplets for many applications
which call for accurate physical models that describe the droplet formation process in such …

Phase-transition thresholds and vaporization phenomena for ultrasound phase-change nanoemulsions assessed via high-speed optical microscopy

PS Sheeran, TO Matsunaga… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasonically activated phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) based on perfluorocarbon
droplets have been proposed for a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic clinical applications …

Ultrasound-Guided Cytosolic Protein Delivery via Transient Fluorous Masks

JN Sloand, TT Nguyen, SA Zinck, EC Cook… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The inability to spatiotemporally guide proteins in tissues and efficiently deliver them into
cells remains a key barrier to realizing their full potential in precision medicine. Here, we …