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Medibots: Dual-Action Biogenic Microdaggers for Single-Cell Surgery and Drug Release

Authors :
Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava
Britta Koch
Oliver G. Schmidt
Mariana Medina-Sánchez
Source :
Advanced Materials. 28:832-837
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Wiley, 2015.

Abstract

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.

Details

ISSN :
09359648
Volume :
28
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Advanced Materials
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b31e437a21efb6126fee065a9da25f62