Resumen de Tiny robots treat mouse stomach ulcers
Robotic drug deliveries could soon be treating diseases inside the body. For the first time, they have been used to tackle bacterial infections in the stomachs of mice. Now a team led by Joseph Wang at the University of California, San Diego, has found that using micromotors to deliver a dose of antibiotics to mice with ulcers is a more effective treatment than regular pills. These autonomous vehicles are the width of a human hair, and they delivered antibiotics every day for five days. The next steps are to look at a larger animal study, followed by eventual trials in humans.
