Lung Inflammation Treated With Microscopic Robots!

The co-development of technology and medicine has allowed us to see some treatment methods that were unimaginable until now. On the other hand, the world of science will now be able to move inside our bodies, in our veins and narrow channels, to open blockages, to stop drugs and to perform micro-operations. robots focused on development.

One of these robots has recently broken new ground. Scientists are working with robots made from algal cells and coated with a layer of antibiotic nanoparticles. succeeded in clearing the inflammation in the lungs of mice. The robot aims to clean deadly bacterial infections in humans in the future.

How do robots achieve this?

• Green: Algae, Brown: Nanoparticles

The robot used was not actually a single robot. The structure that relieved the pneumonia was actually a swarm of many microscopic swimming robots injected into the body. Each robot in the swarm from algal cells is produced, so it can move through the lungs.

Nanoparticles placed on algae cells are covered with membranes of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. from small polymer spheres is formed. These membranes neutralize ‘inflammatory molecules’ produced by bacteria and the body’s own immune system. In this way, both nanoparticles and algae degrade naturally. In other words, the robot that enters the body does not come out again, again by your body. naturally destroyed.

So exactly how effective is using robots?

Thanks to robots, scientists can provide the necessary treatment for the patient at the exact address in microscopic size can perform. Moreover, in this test, if vaccines were used instead of robots, loaded on algae up to 3000 times the dose of antibiotics would be needed. So the difference is huge.

Scientists will use microbots in their next study. how it interacts with the immune system will review. It will then get the robots ready for testing in larger animals and eventually humans.