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Biodegradable microrobots could deliver drugs

22-Nov-2017

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Biohybrids are biological cells with magnetic particles engineered on to guide them.

Able to use the naturally fluorescent biological interior of spirulina algae.

Devices released cancer-fighting compounds as they degraded.

Also able to sense changes in the body which could be useful for diagnosis.

The study was published in the Science Robotics journal.

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Kostas Kostarelos

Professor and Chair of Nanomedicine at The School of Pharmacy, University of London.

Li Zhang

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Science Robotics

Journal providing information in the field of robotics

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Nanobots