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Nanorobots for Drug Delivery?

Posted by Zonk on from the best-way-is-the-nano-way dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The idea of using nanorobots to deliver drugs and fight diseases such as cancers is not new. But there are still lots of issues to solve before nanorobots can diagnose our diseases and treat them. Now, an international team of researchers has designed a software and hardware platform of a nanorobot to be used in medical applications. The researchers think their nanorobots could become available around 2015. 'The proposed platform should enable patient pervasive monitoring, and details are given in prognosis with nanorobots application for intracranial treatments. This integrated system also points towards precise diagnosis and smart drug delivery for cancer therapy.'"

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  1. Pager # PLZ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone have this nanobot's pager number?

    1. Re:Pager # PLZ? by reboot246 · · Score: 3, Funny

      If this works, the next thing will be nanorobots delivering pizza and Chinese food. I just wonder how they can see over the steering wheel and reach the pedals.

  2. Yeah right by Thiago+Tomei · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ow, come on. Nobody would use this as a weapon.

    1. Re:Yeah right by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Um, that information is classified.

      Thanks,
      The CIA

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  3. Nanobots deliver drugs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does this mean I will no longer have to stuff balloons in my ass?

    1. Re:Nanobots deliver drugs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      balloons in the ass are a good high? filled or unfilled? air or helium? thx!

  4. Brilliant ! by Joebert · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Man will never catch those little guys. It's probably going to take me a year to get a buz though.

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  5. Congratulations, friend. by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the geekiest post I've ever seen on slashdot. I have tears of sublime joy in my eyes right now, you made my night.

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  6. Where do I sign up? by Plazmid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, the borg sure do have a good health care plan, where do I sign up?

    1. Re:Where do I sign up? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

      Thanks,
      The Borg

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    2. Re:Where do I sign up? by fmobus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Please turn in your geek id. They don't say "surrender your ships", they say "surrender your vessel(s)".

      Yours truly,
      The Nazi Geek-Quotes Patrol

      ps.: and yeah, like them, I find the word "vessel" much cooler than "ship".

  7. I'm still waiting... by Tastecicles · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...for the skank bastards to deliver my four ounces. Look, I don't care how many of 'em it takes.

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  8. Available around 2015! by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cool! Just in time for cold fusion power!

    And Duke Nukem Forever, you know. Gotta do something while those little fellas get their work done.

  9. SDK please? by Zarf · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are these nanobots going to have a Posix environment or are we to use something like a Java ME ... Java Nano Edition? Are they going to have an x86 compatible machine code language? The article is so light on details. No processor specs, not even a mention of what version of networking these things support. How am I supposed to build a Beowolf cluster of these?

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