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Nanobots that could unclog arteries

12-Jan-2016

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Tiny groups of magnetically charged particles band together to break up clogged arteries in 2 stage process:

1. deliver drugs to soften clogged arteries

2. drill into heart blockages to blast away

Controlled by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines

Mice trials at South Korea hospital in this year. Human trials expected 2019.

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Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)

Public science and engineering university.

Drexel University

Private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MinJun Kim

Professor in Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University.

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