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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut consciousness: a perspective on visceral phenomenal awareness. [PDF]

Neurosci Conscious
Hasler G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blueberry phytochemicals modulate the gut-vascular axis through microbiome-metabolome interaction.

Food Funct
Satheesh Babu AK, Petersen C, Robeson MS, Iglesias-Carres L, Paz HA, Ratliff JG, Zhong Y, Bell R, Shankar K, Wankhade UD, Neilson AP, Anandh Babu PV.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does the mouth seed the small bowel? Mechanisms and hypothesis-generating framework via the oral-gut axis. [PDF]

J Oral Microbiol
He L, Wang J, Bai T, Hou X, Ran D, Yang J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intelligent Micro/Nanorobots for Targeted Interventional Therapy: From Bench to Clinic

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Zirui Zhang et al. reviewed the application and challenges of mobile nanomachines in interventional therapy. By converting exogenous energy, including chemical, magnetic, optical, and ultrasonic sources, into mechanical forces, micro/nanorobots (MNRs) enable precise actuation at unprecedented scales. Evolving far beyond traditional drug delivery, these
Zirui Zhang, Yu Dong, Yongsheng Du, Rui Gao, Lin Zhang, Fei Tong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cell‐Based Biohybrid Micro/Nanorobots for Biotherapy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review systematically evaluates cell‐based biohybrid micro/nanorobots (CB‐BMRs), highlighting their cell selection criteria, fabrication strategies, and diverse actuation modes. Furthermore, it surveys the promising therapeutic applications of CB‐BMRs in targeted cancer, thrombosis, and inflammation treatments, while comprehensively discussing ...
Lin Wang, Chenlu Liu, Yu Zhao, Chuanhua Li, Xuyang Chen, Shixiao Ding, Lizhou Dai, Guokun Wang, Tianlong Li, Jiaxin Li, Xuejia Liu, Haocheng Wang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiota in patients receiving dialysis: Mechanisms, complications and the road to personalized microbiome‑based care (Review). [PDF]

Mol Med Rep
Jin C, Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Magnetically Actuated Microrobot for Drug Delivery: Current Progress and Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Magnetically actuated microrobots are reshaping targeted drug delivery through wireless propulsion, programmable materials, and localized therapeutic release. This review examines how fabrication, body material selection, structural architecture, loading mechanisms, and imaging‐guided control converge to enable microrobotic therapies while identifying ...
Yang Yang, David J. Cappelleri
wiley   +1 more source