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NASA + NCI = Nano-Explorers For Humans

Posted by Hemos on from the fun-with-explora-bots dept.

SEWilco writes: "NASA and the National Cancer Institute will collaborate in developing microscopic explorers -- devices in a pill-sized capsule to detect, diagnose, and treat disease inside the human body. Following the links you find interesting NASA devices, such as pill-shaped biotelemetry transmitters and a biotelemeter 'Trisponder' to read the data."

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  1. Re:Cancer vs. AIDS research by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4
    Yes, but the difference is that until AIDS is cured, people can't have care free rampant sex. Cancer is random mostly, whereas sex can be dangerous. Whoever dishes out the funding is obviously thinking with their libido.

    My father in law died of cancer last year. I've had friends die of cancer. I don't know anyone who has HIV. Yeah, great budgetting. The previous poster in this thread is right. It's disgusting that AIDS gets more funding than cancer. About the only way you can get HIV without having yourself to blame is through a blood transfusion. The rest, well you play the lottery and take your chances. Yet cancer can strike anyone.

    This kinda crap makes me VERY angry.:(

  2. Re:Cancer vs. AIDS research by Cuthalion · · Score: 4

    I find HIV scarier than cancer because cancer is not contagious. There is NO WAY cancer could concievably wipe out the human race. There are regions of the Earth where upwards of 50% of the population is infected with HIV. I suspect that it its infection rate is increasing much faster than cancer rates are.

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  3. Re:I don't know... by CSG_SurferDude · · Score: 4

    Who owns NASA tech? We (US Citizens) do! If you want to license some NASA Tech, check out: http://nctn.hq.nasa.gov/technology/index.html.

    CSG_SurferDude

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  4. NASA discovers micro sized things! by Andy_R · · Score: 5

    Ok, who's going to tell them they are looking down the wrong end of the telescope?

    - Andy R.

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  5. I can see it now..... by mfinke · · Score: 5

    Ok, lets say you're sick. You swallow a pill to combat whatever is making you ill.

    However that one pill isn't powerfull enough to fight off the illness by itself. You have to swallow its four friends, and then they all combine inside your body to form a super robot to fight together.
    Sheesh this is starting to sound like Voltron. I hope they don't have some mega-sword which they start swinging wildly around inside of you.

    Let's hope the virii don't start teaming up like this. Soon eveyone will have things popping out of them, al a Alien.

    Ok, this post sounded like a good idea when I started

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