Research ArticleAPPLIED SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Real-time tracking of fluorescent magnetic spore–based microrobots for remote detection of C. diff toxins
- Yabin Zhang1,2,
- Lin Zhang3,
- Lidong Yang1,
- Chi Ian Vong1,
- Kai Fung Chan2,4,
- William K. K. Wu3,5,
- Thomas N. Y. Kwong6,7,
- Norman W. S. Lo8,
- Margaret Ip8,
- Sunny H. Wong5,8,6,7,
- Joseph J. Y. Sung6,7,
- Philip W. Y. Chiu7,4,9,10 and
- Li Zhang1,4,10,*
- 1Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 3Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 4Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 5Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 6Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 7Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 8Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 9Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- 10CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: lizhang{at}mae.cuhk.edu.hk
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Science Advances 11 Jan 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 1, eaau9650
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9650
Vol. 5, no. 1, eaau9650
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9650
Yabin Zhang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lin Zhang
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lidong Yang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chi Ian Vong
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kai Fung Chan
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
William K. K. Wu
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Thomas N. Y. Kwong
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Norman W. S. Lo
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Margaret Ip
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sunny H. Wong
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Joseph J. Y. Sung
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Philip W. Y. Chiu
Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Li Zhang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.CUHK T Stone Robotics Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
