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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Powered by hydrogen peroxide? by GrumpySteen · 2015-08-30 02:09 · Score: 5, Informative

You know what else hydrogen peroxide reacts to? Blood!
Blood contains he enzyme catalase which really likes to react with hydrogen peroxide to make a foamy mess that would not be the healthiest thing to have in your blood vessels.