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Algae cells recruited to serve as bowel-disease-treating robots
New Atlas | June 27, 2024

If you suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a pill full of tiny algae robots may be just what you need. The bio-hybrid microrobots have alrea...

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Biodegradable Microrobots Deliver Therapies to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | June 27, 2024

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have developed a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that uses microscopic rob...

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Algal allies fight tumor growth
ScienceAdviser | June 27, 2024

Although a huge number of patients with malignant cancer develop lung metastasis, scientists have struggled to design effective therapy treatments for...

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Tiny algae-made robots treat inflammatory bowel disease without drug
Interesting Engineering | June 26, 2024

Researchers from the University of California San Diego engineered a microrobot inside a liquid pill, and it treated inflammatory bowel disease withou...

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Pill that releases tiny robots into the gut could treat IBD -- study
Yahoo! News | June 26, 2024

A pill that releases tiny robots into the gut could help to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), experts say. The experimental treatment significan...

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Birdsong breakthrough: Cracking codes for human speech
BizNews | June 26, 2024

Could the unique song of a bird someday, miraculously, help give a voice to people who have lost the ability to speak? Such an achievement would be cr...

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CARMEN: First tabletop robot to help fight memory loss built by researchers
Interesting Engineering | June 25, 2024

Researchers have developed a small tabletop robot designed to assist people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Named Carmen, short for Cognitively ...

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Shift in Sleep Patterns May Warn You About Diseases
Health News | June 20, 2024

A study published in the npj Digital Medicine examined data from 33,000 people for 5 million nights of sleep. The data was collected from Oura Ring, a...

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UC San Diego receives FDA clinical trial approval for brain recording device
Yahoo News | June 17, 2024

University of California, San Diego engineers have developed an electronic grid that records brain activity during surgery. The device, known as plati...

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Swimming 'Microbots' Could Speed Meds to Lung Tumors, Early Study Suggests
U.S. News & World Report | June 14, 2024

Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells. In early tes...

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Biohybrid microrobots locally and actively deliver drug-loaded nanoparticles to inhibit the progression of lung metastasis.
Yahoo! News | June 14, 2024

Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells. In early tes...

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Green algae-made microrobots help increase lung cancer survival rate by 40%
Interesting Engineering | June 13, 2024

Nanoengineers from the University of California San Diego developed microrobots that can distribute cancer medication directly into the lungs. Inhibit...

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