Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Implantable optical fibers for immunotherapeutics delivery and tumor impedance measurement

  • Ai Lin Chin,
  • Shan Jiang,
  • Eungyo Jang,
  • Liqian Niu,
  • Liwu Li,
  • Xiaoting Jia,
  • Rong Tong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25391-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Immune checkpoint blockade antibodies have promising clinical applications, but suffer from severe toxicities and moderate response rates. Here the authors present an electrode-embedded, implantable optical fiber device with both local delivery and tumor impedance measurement capabilities to safely elicit durable anti-tumor immunity.