title: Materials, Devices and Systems of Soft Bioelectronics for Precision Therapy.
abstract: The potential applications of soft bioelectronics in biomedical research and clinical trials have inspired a great deal of research interest in the past decade. While there has been significant amount of work in the fabrication and characterization of soft and stretchable sensors for monitoring of physical conditions and vital signs of human body, the development of soft bioelectronics based medical treatment and intervention systems has just begun. In addition to health monitoring, active treatments are essential for disease control in the healthcare domain, and medical therapy and surgery realized by sophisticated soft bioelectronic systems are better demonstrations of their utility in healthcare. In this Research News, we summarize recent key research achievements in soft bioelectronics enabled precision therapy, with emphasis on drug delivery, therapeutic and surgical mechanisms and tools enabled by integrated systems. Challenges in technology development and prospects for commercialization are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Flexible Electronics Research Center, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-4562
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Flexible Electronics Research Center, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Zhouping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D004581:Electronics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
keywords: drug delivery; precision therapy; soft bioelectronics; surgery