Cancer Treatment: Medibots: Dual‐Action Biogenic Microdaggers for Single‐Cell Surgery and Drug Release (Adv. Mater. 5/2016)

On page 832, S. K. Srivastava and co-workers present dual-action biogenic microbots with a dagger-like morphology for cellular microsurgery and drug delivery. These biocompatible micromotors allow magnetically controlled drilling into a target cell (red) along with the sustained release of a loaded drug (e.g., pH-triggered anticancer drugs). This study highlights “selective targeting and destruction” of harmful cells in living systems and advances the understanding of microscale interactions at the cellular level.