US EditionRobots in Your Bloodstream Could Deliver Drugs with Greater Precision
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An international team of researchers designed a microrobot the size of a grain of sand that manages to navigate the circulatory system and deliver medications precisely in specific areas of the body.The results of the study were published on Thursday, November 13 in Science magazine.The tests with pigs and sheep showed that the technology managed to distribute drugs in an ultradirect way, without causing widespread side effects.This advance rais…
Robots in your bloodstream could deliver drugs with greater precision
(Washington Post via MSN) – Scientists in Switzerland have created a robot the size of a grain of sand that is controlled by magnets and can deliver drugs to a precise location in the human body, a breakthrough aimed at reducing the severe side effects that stop many medicines from advancing in clinical trials. (Read More)
Scientists develop tiny robots that can swim through your blood to fight strokes
From Swissinfo.ch The tiny robot has not yet been tested on humans. However, it worked in tests on pigs and a sheep, the researchers reported on Thursday in the journal Science. Medical research has been trying for some time to develop methods to deliver drugs exactly where they are needed, ETH Zurich said in a press release. Today, many diseases, such as strokes or tumours, require high doses of drugs to be administered and distributed througho…
A MEDICAL REVOLUTION WAS REGISTERED LAST WEEK AT ETH UNIVERSITY IN ZURICH, WHEN A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS UNVEILED TINY ROBOTS LESS THAN TWO MILLIMETERS IN SIZE, CAPABLE OF ROAMING INSIDE THE HUMAN VASCULAR SYSTEM AND DELIVERING DRUGS DIRECTLY TO BLOOD CLOTS, INFECTIONS AND EVEN CANCEROUS TUMORS. With the help of an advanced magnetic navigation system, the robots were able to overcome the high blood flow and move in three strategies: precise rolling…
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