Advanced healthcare materials
Mar 8, 2024
Recently, magnetically actuated micro/nanorobots hold extensive promises in biomedical applications due to their advantages of noninvasiveness, fuel-free operation, and programmable nature. While effectively promised in various fields such as targete...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jan 26, 2024
Microrobots have emerged as powerful tools for manipulating particles, cells, and assembling biological tissue structures at the microscale. However, achieving precise and flexible operation of arbitrary-shaped microstructures in 3D space remains a c...
Advanced healthcare materials
Sep 17, 2023
New and innovative nanomedicines have been developed and marketed over the past half-century, revolutionizing the prognosis of many human diseases. Although a univocal regulatory definition is not yet available worldwide, the term "nanomedicines" gen...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jul 27, 2023
Small-scale robots capable of remote active steering and navigation offer great potential for biomedical applications. However, the current design and manufacturing procedure impede their miniaturization and integration of various diagnostic and ther...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jun 6, 2023
Here, the study presents a thermally activated cell-signal imaging (TACSI) microrobot, capable of photothermal actuation, sensing, and light-driven locomotion. The plasmonic soft microrobot is specifically designed for thermal stimulation of mammalia...
Advanced healthcare materials
Apr 26, 2023
In vitro tumor models have played vital roles in enhancing the understanding of the cellular and molecular composition of tumors, as well as their biochemical and biophysical characteristics. Advances in technology have enabled the evolution of tumor...
Advanced healthcare materials
Dec 1, 2021
Recent advances of untethered microrobots, which navigate the complex regions in vivo for therapeutics, have presented promising multiple applications on future healthcare. Microrobots used for active drug delivery system (DDS) have been demonstrated...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jul 22, 2021
Respiratory toxicology remains a major research area in the 21st century since current scenario of airborne viral infection transmission and pollutant inhalation is expected to raise the annual morbidity beyond 2 million. Clinical and epidemiological...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jun 24, 2021
The emergence and development of noninvasive biosensors largely facilitate the collection of physiological signals and the processing of health-related data. The utilization of appropriate machine learning algorithms improves the accuracy and efficie...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jul 21, 2020
Microsurgical tools offer a path to less invasive clinical procedures with improved access, reduced trauma, and better recovery outcomes. There are a variety of rigid and flexible endoscopic devices that have significantly advanced diagnostics and mi...