Bacteriabots: Bioadhesive Bacterial Microswimmers for Targeted Drug Delivery in the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Tracts (Adv. Sci. 6/2017)
Source abstract
Abstract
A new concept of anchoring bacteria-driven microswimmers to epithelial cells for targeted drug delivery application is reported by Metin Sitti and co-workers in article number 1700058. Non-pathogenic Escherichia Coli bacteria is attached to particles which could potentially encapsulate therapeutic drugs. The bacteria can attach to certain eukaryotic cells which are expressing mannose on their surface, resulting in bioadhesive microswimmers.
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OpenAlex topics: Micro and Nano Robotics · Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks · 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
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Affiliations
Physical Intelligence Department Max‐Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems 70569 Stuttgart Germany
Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA
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