1. RBC microswimmers for active cargo delivery.
RBC microswimmers for active cargo delivery. (A) RBC microswimmers are composed of an RBC, loaded with drug molecules and SPIONs, bound to a motile bacterium (bioengineered E. coli MG1655) via biotin-avidin-biotin binding complex. (B) SEM image (pseudocolored red, RBC; pseudocolored green, bacterium) of an example RBC microswimmer with an attached bacterium. (C) Example 2D propulsion trajectories of RBC microswimmers over time. The inset displays a bacterium attached to an RBC loaded with DOX molecules. Scale bar, 5 μm.
Yunus Alapan et al. Sci. Robotics 2018;3:eaar4423
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