Due to their adaptability to the surrounding environment, soft microrobots have developed various therapeutic applications in the medical field, including vascular clearance, cell transport, and drug delivery. However, most soft microrobots cannot quickly enter, retrieve, and maintain their original position once the external driving field is removed. To address this, Guannan He from China Medical … Read more
Source: Mr. Sai Author: David Levin Translator: Zhao Jinyu Core Idea: How to create a truly intelligent micro-robot that can operate independently? A robotics expert provides a detailed answer to this question and describes the medical tasks these micro-machines can perform for us. In the near future, the “surgeons” treating our ailments may be micro-machines … Read more
Reading Abstract A team of scientists in Singapore has developed a micro-sized intelligent robot, the size of a grain of rice, controlled by a micro-magnetic field, capable of targeted drug delivery within the body. This micro soft robot is made from non-toxic intelligent magnetic composite materials, highly flexible, and can “navigate” through complex environments in … Read more
In the 1966 American science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage,” several American doctors shrink a submarine to a size smaller than a red blood cell and send it through blood vessels into the brain to clear a clot blocking the brain, ultimately saving a scientist’s life. From this film, we can see that the concept of … Read more
In today’s rapidly advancing technology, robotics has gradually permeated every aspect of our lives, especially in the medical field, where the application of robotic technology is becoming increasingly widespread and important. Traditional medical robots, such as surgical robots, have demonstrated exceptional performance in minimally invasive surgeries and precise excisions. However, with continuous technological advancements and … Read more
The cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) barrier in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) significantly restricts clinical prognosis. The main obstacles in PDAC treatment include limited immune cell and drug penetration, as well as an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Based on this, Yongjun Liu and Na Zhang from Shandong University reported a “shooting fish in a barrel” strategy by preparing a … Read more
iNature Self-assembling hydrogels for mechanical support and drug delivery have been widely studied in the context of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, most self-assembling hydrogels rely on polymer carriers or the introduction of exogenous inactive substances, often raising biosafety concerns and making clinical translation difficult. On October 9, 2024, a research paper titled “Small Molecule … Read more
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Written by | Xiao Xia Edited by | Wang Duoyu Formatted by | Shui Chengwen Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) is the barrier formed between the plasma and brain cells by the walls of brain capillaries and glial cells, and the barrier formed between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by the choroid plexus, only allowing specific types of … Read more
Recently, Professor Koen Raemdonck’s team at the University of Ghent, Belgium published a research paper titled “A lipid nanoparticle platform for mRNA delivery through repurposing of cationic amphiphilic drugs” in The Journal of Controlled Release, Volume 350, 2022. The team utilized various cationic amphiphilic drugs as structural and functional components to prepare lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) … Read more