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Medibots: Dual‐Action Biogenic Microdaggers for Single‐Cell Surgery and Drug Release
Author(s) -
Srivastava Sarvesh Kumar,
MedinaSánchez Mariana,
Koch Britta,
Schmidt Oliver G.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201504327
Subject(s) - drug delivery , action (physics) , nanotechnology , materials science , biocompatible material , drug action , site of action , drug , dual (grammatical number) , cell , biomedical engineering , pharmacology , engineering , medicine , biology , biochemistry , art , physics , literature , quantum mechanics
An innovative concept for the fabrication of dual‐action microrobots capable of performing single‐cell microsurgery along with a site‐directed drug‐delivery feature is presented. These multi‐action plant‐derived biocompatible “medibots” can play a pivotal role in understanding micromotor interactions at the cellular level, aiming toward the destruction of harmful cells (like cancer) among others in living systems.