ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022
Therapeutic Applications of Magnetotactic Bacteria and Magnetosomes: A Review Emphasizing on the Cancer Treatment.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- CD4Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Natural Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Produced by Aquatic Magnetotactic Bacteria as Ideal Nanozymes for Nano-Guided Biosensing Platforms-A Systematic Review.Biosensors · 2025Pooled it
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- Bio-magnetic nanomedicine for targeted drug delivery of breast cancer: green synthesis, functional design, and translational challenges.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Review
- Innovative Nanocarriers: Magnetosomes in the Fight against Cancer.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026Review
- Metabolic Gadolinium Labeling ofBiomaterials research · 2026Article
- Engineered bacteria and bacteria-derived nanomaterials for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, designs and advances.Bioactive materials · 2026Review
- Magnetically Driven Living Microrobot Swarms for Aquatic Micro- and Nanoplastic Cleanup.ACS nano · 2025Article
- Updates on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Magnetotactic Bacteria for Biosensor Applications.Biosensors · 2025Review
- The Biomedical Limitations of Magnetic Nanoparticles and a Biocompatible Alternative in the Form of Magnetotactic Bacteria.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Review
- Herbal Medicine: Enhancing the Anticancer Potential of Natural Products in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy Through Advanced Drug Delivery Systems.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Physical communication pathways in bacteria: an extra layer to quorum sensing.Biophysical reviews · 2025Review
- Small Biological Fighters Against Cancer: Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, Protozoa, and Microalgae.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Preparation and evaluation of3 Biotech · 2025Article
- Precision tumor treatment utilizing bacteria: principles and future perspectives.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Innovations in Nanomedicine: Exploring the Potential of Magnetotactic Bacteria and Bacterial Magnetosomes.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Magnetically Controlled Transport of Nanoparticles in Solid Tumor Tissues and Porous Media Using a Tumor-on-a-Chip Format.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding microbial biomineralization at the molecular level: recent advances.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024Review
- A Nanorobotics-Based Approach of Breast Cancer in the Nanotechnology Era.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- From pathogenesis to treatment: the impact of bacteria on cancer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are aquatic microorganisms have the ability to biomineralize magnetosomes, which are membrane-enclosed magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetosomes are organized in a chain inside the MTB, allowing them to align with and traverse along the earth's magnetic field. Magnetosomes have several potential applications for targeted cancer therapy when isolated from the MTB, including magnetic hyperthermia, localized medication delivery, and tumour monitoring. Magnetosomes features and properties for various applications outperform manufactured magnetic nanoparticles in several ways. Similarly, the entire MTB can be regarded as prospective agents for cancer treatment, thanks to their flagella's ability to self-propel and the magnetosome chain's ability to guide them. MTBs are conceptualized as nanobiots that can be guided and manipulated by external magnetic fields and are driven to hypoxic areas, such as tumor sites, while retaining the therapeutic and imaging characteristics of isolated magnetosomes. Furthermore, unlike most bacteria now being studied in clinical trials for cancer treatment, MTB are not pathogenic but might be modified to deliver and express certain cytotoxic chemicals. This review will assess the current and prospects of this burgeoning research field and the major obstacles that must be overcome before MTB can be successfully used in clinical treatments.
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