Skip to content

Clinically ready magnetic microrobots for targeted therapies

science.org
3 pointsdomofutu1 comment
On HN

Comments

Not actually ready though!!

The investigators tested the platform in vitro using human vasculature models and in vivo in sheep and pigs under realistic clinical conditions to demonstrate its capabilities.

I suppose, realistic clinical conditions, means it was done in a lab and they wore masks.

Their tests demonstrated that by applying specific magnetic fields, the system can be made to maneuver through complex blood vessels and cerebrospinal spaces, trigger controlled heating to dissolve the microrobot, and precisely release drugs into targeted tissues, even reaching the smallest vessels.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.