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ArticleScience advances2019

Real-time tracking of fluorescent magnetic spore-based microrobots for remote detection of

Yabin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lidong Yang, Chi Ian Vong, Kai Fung Chan, William K K Wu, Thomas N Y Kwong, Norman W S Lo, Margaret Ip, Sunny H Wong and 3 more

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Article in Science advances, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
23.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 245 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yabin ZhangDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3380-2870
Lin ZhangDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lidong YangDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5757-7885
Chi Ian VongDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kai Fung ChanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5820-0089
William K K WuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Thomas N Y KwongDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Norman W S LoDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4804-1680
Margaret IpDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1291-6537
Sunny H WongLi Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Joseph J Y SungDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3125-5199
Philip W Y ChiuInstitute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9292-112X
Li ZhangDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1152-8962
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A rapid, direct, and low-cost method for detecting bacterial toxins associated with common gastrointestinal diseases remains a great challenge despite numerous studies and clinical assays. Motion-based detection through tracking the emerging micro- and nanorobots has shown great potential in chemo- and biosensing due to accelerated "chemistry on the move". Here, we described the use of fluorescent magnetic spore-based microrobots (FMSMs) as a highly efficient mobile sensing platform for the detection of toxins secreted by

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Spores, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsCarbonClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsFecesFerrosoferric OxideFluorescenceFluorescent DyesHumansMagnetite NanoparticlesNanomedicineRemote Sensing TechnologySensitivity and SpecificityBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsCarbonFerrosoferric OxideFluorescent DyesMagnetite Nanoparticles

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PMID30746470
PMCPMC6357761
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