Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Engineering microrobots for targeted cancer therapies from a medical perspective

  • Christine K. Schmidt,
  • Mariana Medina-Sánchez,
  • Richard J. Edmondson,
  • Oliver G. Schmidt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19322-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Microbot delivery devices are the latest development in attempts to overcome the systemic toxicity associated with classical chemotherapy. Here, the authors review the recent progress in the field with a focus on the clinical translation and potential of the research and give a future perspective on this topic.