Mechanosignalling in cartilage: an emerging target for the treatment of osteoarthritis

T Hodgkinson, DC Kelly, CM Curtin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanical stimuli have fundamental roles in articular cartilage during health and disease.
Chondrocytes respond to the physical properties of the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Polymeric tissue adhesives

S Nam, D Mooney - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototyping”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Nanocatalytic medicine

B Yang, Y Chen, J Shi - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Catalysis and medicine are often considered as two independent research fields with their
own respective scientific phenomena. Promoted by recent advances in nanochemistry, large …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive transdermal microneedle patches

P Makvandi, R Jamaledin, G Chen… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Microneedle (MN) patches consisting of miniature needles have emerged as a promising
tool to perforate the stratum corneum and translocate biomolecules into the dermis in a …

Ultrasound‐controlled drug release and drug activation for cancer therapy

L Tu, Z Liao, Z Luo, YL Wu, A Herrmann, S Huo - Exploration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional chemotherapy suffers from severe toxicity and side effects that limit its maximum
application in cancer therapy. To overcome this challenge, an ideal treatment strategy would …

Ultrasound-mediated nano drug delivery for treating cancer: Fundamental physics to future directions

FM Kashkooli, A Jakhmola, TK Hornsby… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of biocompatible nanocarriers in medicine has provided several benefits
over conventional treatment methods. However, achieving high treatment efficacy and deep …

Nanomaterial‐enabled wearable sensors for healthcare

S Yao, P Swetha, Y Zhu - Advanced healthcare materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Highly sensitive wearable sensors that can be conformably attached to human skin or
integrated with textiles to monitor the physiological parameters of human body or the …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of metal− organic frameworks for disease diagnosis and drug delivery: a review

M Al Sharabati, R Sabouni, GA Husseini - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) are a novel class of porous hybrid organic− inorganic
materials that have attracted increasing attention over the past decade. MOFs can be used …