Tiny Swimming Robots Treat Deadly Pneumonia in Mice

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  • TBMG-46946
Published November 01, 2022 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Nanoengineers have developed microscopic robots that can swim around in the lungs and deliver medication, and it cab be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial pneumonia. In mice, the microrobots safely eliminated pneumonia-causing bacteria in the lungs and resulted in 100 percent survival. By contrast, untreated mice all died within three days after infection.