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. 2021 Mar 31;121(8):4999–5041. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01234

Figure 14.

Figure 14

Magnetically powered micromotors for targeted cargo delivery. (A) Fe-coated camptothecin-loaded magnetic biotube for killing HeLa cells. Dead cells are highlighted by white circles. Reproduced with permission from ref (315). Copyright 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (B) Controllable navigation and targeted transport of antibodies inside blood flow by using Janus micropropellers. Reproduced with permission from ref (312). Copyright 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. (C) Sperm-based MagRobots capable of delivering heparin-loaded liposomes through flowing blood. Reproduced with permission from ref (177). Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society. (D) pDNA transfection by human embryo kidney cells when in targeted contact with helical microrobots loaded with plasmid DNA. Reproduced with permission from ref (219). Copyright 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (E) Released drugs from hydrogel-based microswimmer for active labeling. Reproduced with permission from ref (128). Copyright 2019 American Chemical Society.