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ReviewActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2023

Medical micro- and nanomotors in the body.

Huaan Li, Fei Peng, Xiaohui Yan, Chun Mao, Xing Ma, Daniela A Wilson, Qiang He, Yingfeng Tu

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Review in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing 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

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Endogenous ATP-powered nanomotors directing neural stem cell differentiation for Parkinson's disease treatment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Light force-powered cellular medical micromachines.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  8. MOF Coating Enhances the Ion Tolerance of Micromotors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  14. Metareview: a survey of active matter reviews.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2025
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  15. Nanotechnology-based biomedical devices in the cancer diagnostics and therapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  19. Harnessing Disparities in Magnetic Microswarms: From Construction to Collaborative Tasks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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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

8 authors.

Huaan LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China.
Fei PengSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Xiaohui YanState Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Centre for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
Chun MaoNational and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Xing MaSauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China.
Daniela A WilsonInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6525 AJ, the Netherlands.
Qiang HeKey Laboratory of Microsystems and Microstructures Manufacturing (Ministry of Education), School of Medicine and Health, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China.
Yingfeng TuDepartment of Pharmacy, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attributed to the miniaturized body size and active mobility, micro- and nanomotors (MNMs) have demonstrated tremendous potential for medical applications. However, from bench to bedside, massive efforts are needed to address critical issues, such as cost-effective fabrication, on-demand integration of multiple functions, biocompatibility, biodegradability, controlled propulsion and

Indexed as

Biological barrier penetrationBiomedical applicationsBiosensingControlled propulsionFunction integrationIn vivo navigationMicro- and nanomotorsMinimally invasive microsurgery

Identifiers

PMID36873176
PMCPMC9979267

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