Using microrobots to diagnose and treat illness in remote areas of the body

Using microrobots to diagnose and treat illness in remote areas of the body

“Imagine a swarm of remote-controlled microrobots, a few micrometers in length (blood-vessel-sized), unleashed into your body to swim through your intestinal track or blood vessels, for example, to diagnose illness and treat it in hard-to-reach areas of the body.

An international team of researchers, led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is now experimenting with this idea (starting with rats) — using microscopic Spirulina algae coated with biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles to form the microswimmers…”

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http://www.kurzweilai.net/using-microrobots-to-diagnose-and-treat-illness-in-remote-areas-of-the-body