A Review in Nature Reviews Bioengineering discusses the development and clinical translation of microneedle biomedical devices. 🔒 go.nature.com/3TWtj9c

Our long-acting smart insulin: week-long norm glycaemia in diabetic mice and minipigs via a subcutaneous dose of a glucose-responsive insulin complex | Nature Biomedical Engineering nature.com/articles/s4155…

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"Macroencapsulated bacteria for in vivo sensing and therapeutics" is another excellent Zhen Gu paper from him and his lab. Published in "Matter" cell.com/matter/abstrac…

Lyophilized lymph nodes for CAR-T delivery: nature.com/articles/s4156… Nature Materials Zhejiang University Thanks for the team!

#CRS2024 starting very strong 💪 @Lola_UMich Zhen Gu Julien Nicolas

Inspiring plenary talk by Nicholas A. Peppas at #WBC2024 terrific to see many friends!

Just published by Zhen Gu "Recent Progress in Glucose-Responsive Insulin". Very interesting comments in journal "Diabetes" diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/artic…

Cells can be engineered for personalized therapy. In their Review, Zhen Gu, Quanyin Hu et al compare various cell engineering strategies, including bioconjugation, cell fusion, cell membrane wrapping, backpacks and surface coating Zhen Gu Quanyin Hu go.nature.com/3xsfFSr

Cell-drug conjugate (CDC): our latest nature BME review article introducing a dynamic drug format nature.com/articles/s4155… Nature Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University

Guess what! All these amazing Nature Reviews Bioengineering authors at one lovely dinner table in Bologna 👀 🥳 whoop #CRS2024 Controlled Release Society Assaf Zinger Prof. Katie Whitehead Omid Veiseh Mike Mitchell Zhen Gu Natalie Artzi

Terrific to meet!

5⃣ At Zhejiang University, Prof Zhen Gu is designing another smart insulin 🤓 He is using a type of insulin called insulin/polymer complex as the starting point to develop a new glucose-responsive insulin 💉 Learn more: type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funded-project…

Smart insulins research #news 🔬 JDRF-funded #research has shown a new type of oral insulin can detect rising blood glucose and quickly lower it to a safe level in animal models of #Type1Diabetes without causing hypos. 📰 Learn more: bit.ly/4cNLpQG

Our smart oral insulin ⁦Nature Nanotechnology⁩ ⁦Zhejiang University⁩ ⁦@JDRFUK⁩ ⁦⁦JDRF Research⁩ nature.com/articles/s4156…

In latest Nature Biomedical Engineering, we describe in situ formation of drug retention condensates within cells via liquid-liquid phase separation. rdcu.be/dTRJU

Terrific to meet!

Congratulations Yue Lu ! So proud of you!

A high-capacity #microneedle patch powered by osmotic pressure can steadily release drugs over 24 hours in animals and is well-tolerated in people, offering a more convenient and portable alternative to current #DrugDelivery systems. Zhen Gu Zhejiang University bit.ly/3ZoELwS

Our latest invention: a combination of osmotic pump + microneedles for high-capacity sustained drug delivery, could also be used in space capsule | Science Translational Medicine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…