Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila; Pavimol Angsantikul; Jinxing Li; Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez; Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera; Soracha Thamphiwatana; Chuanrui Chen; Jorge Delezuk; Richard Samakapiruk; Valentin Ramez; Marygorret Obonyo; Liangfang Zhang; Joseph Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00309-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila,
Pavimol Angsantikul,
Jinxing Li,
Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez,
Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera,
Soracha Thamphiwatana,
Chuanrui Chen,
Jorge Delezuk,
Richard Samakapiruk,
Valentin Ramez,
Marygorret Obonyo,
Liangfang Zhang,
Joseph Wang

Affiliations

Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Pavimol Angsantikul: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Jinxing Li: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Miguel Angel Lopez-Ramirez: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Doris E. Ramírez-Herrera: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Soracha Thamphiwatana: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Chuanrui Chen: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Jorge Delezuk: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Richard Samakapiruk: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Valentin Ramez: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Marygorret Obonyo: Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego
Liangfang Zhang: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Joseph Wang: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00309-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Nano- and micromotors have been demonstrated in vitro for a range of applications. Here the authors demonstrate the in-vivo therapeutic use of micromotors to treat H. pylori infection.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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