Bacteria and cells as alternative nano-carriers for biomedical applications

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Figure 1. Representative scheme of interesting bacterial properties for drug delivery systems: self-propulsion thanks to the use of flagella and pili; taxis movement of bacteria toward nutrients; stimuli-responsive bacteria that can be activated with an adequate stimuli; batofection or the ability to transfect their plasmid material to cells; protein-production by the bacteria.

Figure 2. Attachment of mesoporous silica nanoparticles to the surface of bacteria through click chemistry means [110].

Figure 3. Illustration of the mobility and penetration studies of the biohybrid system using a nutrient-rich collagen 3D gel [110].

Figure 4. Representative scheme of different types of cells and cell-mimicking platforms for drug delivery.

Figure 5. Illustration scheme and confocal images of the fabrication of the biohybrid platform by combining mesenchymal stem cells with mesoporous silica nanoparticles [154].

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