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Urease-Powered Polydopamine Nanomotors for Intravesical Therapy of Bladder Diseases

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Targeting 3D Bladder Cancer Spheroids with Urease-Powered Nanomotors

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H2S-Powered Nanomotors for Active Therapy of Tumors by Inducing Ferroptosis and Lactate-Pyruvate Axis Disorders

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Engineering Polymersomes for Diagnostics and Therapy

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Multifunctional Hybrid Membrane-Coated Nanomotors for Magnetically Guided, Cascade-Activated Chemoimmunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Biodegradable Hybrid Stomatocyte Nanomotors for Drug Delivery

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Dual-source powered nanomotor with integrated functions for cancer photo-theranostics

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An engineered, self-propelled nanozyme as reactive oxygen species scavenger

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Nanoengineering of biohybrid micro/nanobots for programmed biomedical applications

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Self‐Propelled Micro/Nanomotors for On‐Demand Biomedical Cargo Transportation

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Advanced micro/nanomotors for enhanced bioadhesion and tissue penetration

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Enzyme-Powered Nanomotors with Controlled Size for Biomedical Applications

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Hibernating/Awakening Nanomotors Promote Highly Efficient Cryopreservation by Limiting Ice Crystals

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A Biomolecular Toolbox for Precision Nanomotors

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Degradable Nanomotors Using Platinum Deposited Complex of Calcium Carbonate and Hyaluronate Nanogels for Targeted Drug Delivery

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Nanomedicines: an update of diagnostic and therapeutic applications in multiple cancers

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