Magnet-Steered Nano-Fish Could Deliver Drugs and Sweep Body Toxins

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 30, 2015 @01:29AM from the plus-they-understand-all-languages dept.

dkatana writes: David Warner writes on InformationWeek how "nanoengineers" from UC San Diego have created microscopic fish powered by hydrogen peroxide that use magnets to steer themselves. "The "fish" are powerful enough to swim through your bloodstream, removing toxins or bringing medicine directly to crucial parts of your body, as cells in your blood stream do. Given enough time, the fish could be used to deliver drugs directly to cancer tumors or parts of your body that are too fragile for surgery."

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I was skeptical by kencurry · 2015-08-30 03:20 · Score: 5, Funny

at first, nanobots delivering drugs in the bloodstream and all...

But then, I read that they were "3D printed" nanobots, and I was all like "Whoahh, these guys are onto something!"

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