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Biomagnetic Materials: Spatial Control of Probiotic Bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract Assisted by Magnetic Particles (Adv. Mater. 17/2021)
Author(s) -
Buss Marjorie T.,
Ramesh Pradeep,
English Max Atticus,
LeeGosselin Audrey,
Shapiro Mikhail G.
Publication year - 2021
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.202170134
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , probiotic , gastrointestinal tract , bacteria , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , nanotechnology , biology , biochemistry , genetics , mathematics education , mathematics
Bacterial agents engineered to diagnose or treat gastrointestinal (GI) diseases have limited ability to colonize specific regions of the GI tract. In article number 2007473, Mikhail G. Shapiro and co‐workers show that a composite biomagnetic material comprising microscale magnetic particles and probiotic bacteria can be used, in conjunction with external magnets, to improve the bacterial agents' ability to localize and colonize inside the gut.