Thursday, April 01, 2021

Microrobots fight brain tumors in mice

Good news! Amazing stuff! Cancer is history!

"Scientists have created a microrobot that can pass the near-impenetrable blood-brain barrier to treat brain tumors in mice ...
Researchers ... were able to combine the natural abilities of neutrophils — bacteria fighting blood cells that can pass through the blood-brain barrier and remain undetected by the immune system — with the powers of magnetic microswimmers. The magnetic particles contained a cancer drug and were coated in E. coli so the neutrophils would consume them. ..."

The abstract of the research paper is unusually short:
"Neutrophil-based microrobots accomplish the mission of crossing the blood-brain barrier for targeted drug delivery." (This is the entire abstract!)

Watch: Microrobots fight brain tumors in mice - STAT

Here is the link to the underlying research paper:

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