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ReviewMacromolecules2025

Future Perspectives on the Automation and Biocompatibility of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Healthcare Applications.

Saweta Garg, Pankaj Singla, Sarbjeet Kaur, Francesco Canfarotta, Eirini Velliou, James A Dawson, Nikil Kapur, Nicholas J Warren, Shoba Amarnath, Marloes Peeters

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Review in Macromolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Saweta GargUniversity of Manchester, School of Engineering, Engineering A Building, Booth East Street, Manchester, M13 9QS, United Kingdom.
Pankaj SinglaUniversity of Manchester, School of Engineering, Engineering A Building, Booth East Street, Manchester, M13 9QS, United Kingdom.
Sarbjeet KaurNewcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
Francesco CanfarottaMIP Discovery, Colworth Park, Sharnbrook, MK44 1LQ, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
Eirini VelliouUniversity College London, Centre for 3D Models of Health and Disease, Charles Bell House, London, W1W 7TY, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3313-4446
James A DawsonNewcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3946-5337
Nikil KapurUniversity of Leeds, School of Mechanical Engineering, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-8390
Nicholas J WarrenSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-1417
Shoba AmarnathNewcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
Marloes PeetersUniversity of Manchester, School of Engineering, Engineering A Building, Booth East Street, Manchester, M13 9QS, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-8073

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular recognition is of crucial importance in several healthcare applications, such as sensing, drug delivery, and therapeutics. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) present an interesting alternative to biological receptors (e.g., antibodies, enzymes) for this purpose since synthetic receptors overcome the limited robustness, flexibility, high-cost, and potential for inhibition that comes with natural recognition elements. However, off the shelf MIP products remain limited, which is likely due to the lack of a scalable production approach that can manufacture these materials in high yields and narrow and defined size distributions to have full control over their properties. In this Perspective, we will confer how breakthroughs in the automation of MIP design, manufacturing, and evaluation of performance will accelerate the (commercial) implementation of MIPs in healthcare technology. In addition, we will discuss how prediction of the

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PMCPMC11823616

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