Calling them robots isn't wrong, but it's kind of misleading. They seem to be magnetic particles with engineered surfaces which respond to chemical stimuli. Still extremely cool.
The latest breakthrough, based on animal rather than human trials, involves magnetic particles “doped” with copper atoms which clinicians insert with a catheter before guiding to their target under a magnetic field.
Calling them robots isn't wrong, but it's kind of misleading. They seem to be magnetic particles with engineered surfaces which respond to chemical stimuli. Still extremely cool.
The idea of tiny little robots/particles entering the body is a bit freaky (especially with the mention of potential long-term effects if some are left behind), but the concept actually seems...
The idea of tiny little robots/particles entering the body is a bit freaky (especially with the mention of potential long-term effects if some are left behind), but the concept actually seems pretty good to me. Right now they seem to mostly be testing it with sinus infections, but they're hoping to expand it to all sorts of internal infections (bladder, stomach, etc.). The article mentions they're hoping to use this treatment as an alternative to antibiotics, which is good since A) there's a fear of diseases evolving to be antibiotic resistant, and B) some people can't take antibiotics for whatever reason. And it sounds like this method may be more effective:
“The main advantage with micro-robots is the targeting,” Martel said. “Instead of taking medicine that goes into the bloodstream and a small quantity goes to the right location, you can target.”
Yeah, that sounds really good to me.
Though it's both funny and sad that such a major concern in the article are working around the inevitable conspiracy theories.
Calling them robots isn't wrong, but it's kind of misleading. They seem to be magnetic particles with engineered surfaces which respond to chemical stimuli. Still extremely cool.
Can't wait for vibe coded nanobots to travel up the wrong tube and melt my brain instead of my sinuses!
You'll have to pay to have that feature turned off.
Also they're what we call "forever" nanobots so its more of a recurring subscription than a one time thing.
Oh nice my brain is now eligible for ransomware
The idea of tiny little robots/particles entering the body is a bit freaky (especially with the mention of potential long-term effects if some are left behind), but the concept actually seems pretty good to me. Right now they seem to mostly be testing it with sinus infections, but they're hoping to expand it to all sorts of internal infections (bladder, stomach, etc.). The article mentions they're hoping to use this treatment as an alternative to antibiotics, which is good since A) there's a fear of diseases evolving to be antibiotic resistant, and B) some people can't take antibiotics for whatever reason. And it sounds like this method may be more effective:
Yeah, that sounds really good to me.
Though it's both funny and sad that such a major concern in the article are working around the inevitable conspiracy theories.
Link to study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adt0720
Eschewing dairy product and other common allergens can possibly help too.
Reminds me of one of the lines from the old "Welcome Back Kotter" series:
Up your nose with nano bots!