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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Therapeutic Gas Delivery

Background:

  • Active delivery of therapeutic gases is crucial for disease intervention but faces challenges in targeted delivery and controlled release.
  • Nanomaterial-based systems, particularly micro-/nanomotors (MNMs), show promise for overcoming these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively review recent advances in using MNMs for precise therapeutic gas delivery and therapy.
  • To highlight the potential of MNMs in modulating biological microenvironments for disease treatment.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of various proof-of-concept designs for artificial MNMs.
  • Analysis of MNM propulsion in biological environments and stimuli-responsive gas release mechanisms.
  • Review of physiological functions of therapeutic gases like NO, H2S, CO, O2, and H2.

Main Results:

  • MNMs can be engineered for efficient propulsion and targeted delivery of therapeutic gases.
  • Intelligent MNMs demonstrate controlled gas release in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli.
  • MNMs show significant potential for microenvironment modulation in disease treatment.

Conclusions:

  • MNMs represent a promising mobile platform for precise gas delivery and therapy.
  • Further development of MNMs is expected to lead to sophisticated delivery systems for gas therapy.
  • Challenges and limitations in current MNM technology for gas therapy are identified.