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ReviewPharmaceutics2021

Bioinspired Magnetic Nanochains for Medicine.

Slavko Kralj, Silvia Marchesan

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Biocompatibility Research of Magnetosomes Synthesized byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Slavko KraljDepartment for Materials Synthesis, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0771-3818
Silvia MarchesanDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6089-3873

Funding

Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS J1-7302Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS P2-0089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have been widely used for medicine, both in therapy and diagnosis. Their guided assembly into anisotropic structures, such as nanochains, has recently opened new research avenues; for instance, targeted drug delivery. Interestingly, magnetic nanochains do occur in nature, and they are thought to be involved in the navigation and geographic orientation of a variety of animals and bacteria, although many open questions on their formation and functioning remain. In this review, we will analyze what is known about the natural formation of magnetic nanochains, as well as the synthetic protocols to produce them in the laboratory, to conclude with an overview of medical applications and an outlook on future opportunities in this exciting research field.

Indexed as

biocompassbiomineralizationmagnetic assemblymagnetic navigationmagnetitemagnetoreceptionmagnetosome chainsmagnetotactic bacteriasingle domain particlessuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID34452223
PMCPMC8398308

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