Micro/Nano Devices in Biological Medicine
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2020) | Viewed by 11884
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
Interests: gene therapy; messenger RNA therapeutics; polymeric micelle; drug delivery system; biomaterial; RNA nanotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Various medical devices have been developed, especially in the past hundred years, e.g., artificial heart–lung machine, and computed tomography, which tremendously improved the quality of medical care. In recent decades, researchers have started to focus on the development of devices that function at nano- or micro-scales for advanced therapy and diagnosis. Some of the devices are based on technologies such as microfluidics and biosensors, and intend to work outside patients’ body for diagnosis, while vigorous efforts are being devoted to making such diagnostic devices wearable or implantable. Other devices assist the functioning of therapeutic and diagnostic agents inside patients’ bodies. For example, drug delivery systems allow specific targeting and the control of the functioning of these agents in specific organs, cells, and organelles, by using nano- or micro-particles or microneedles, to maximize their effects and minimize adverse outcomes. Nucleotide-based therapeutics, including DNA, messenger RNA, small interference RNA, and anti-sense oligonucleotide, often require nano- or micro-devices to prevent their degradation before reaching target sites and facilitate their functioning inside cells. This Special Issue welcomes your contribution in these fields at various stages, from the basic technological development of device components to the biomedical application of the devices, in the form of communications, original articles, and reviews.
Prof. Satoshi Uchida
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Microfluidics
- Biosensors
- Drug delivery systems
- Non-viral gene delivery
- Nucleotide therapeutics
- Biomaterials
- Microneedle
- Controlled release
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