Ulcer-fighting Robots Swim Through Stomachs to Deliver a Cure
Discover Magazine - Wed 16 Aug 17Tiny robots powered by bubbles have successfully treated an infection in mice. The achievement is another step forward in a field that has long shown promise, and is only now beginning to deliver. ...
First: Titanium micromotors zip around stomach, fight bacteria
New Atlas - Wed 16 Aug 17In what they are calling a world first, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have delivered tiny drug-bearing motors into the stomachs of mice where the devices ...
Tiny robots crawl through mouse’s stomach to heal ulcers
Newscientist - Wed 16 Aug 17Bacterial infections in mice have been cleared up by bubble-propelled micromotors that swim through the stomach and release antibiotic payloads - and then dissolve in stomach acid
Tiny robots crawl through mouse’s stomach to release antibiotics
Newscientist - Wed 16 Aug 17Bubble-powered micromotors have treated infections in mice by swimming through the stomach to antibiotics. These could be a better way to treat stomach ulcers.
Drug-delivering micromotors treat their first bacterial infection in the stomach
Phys.org - Wed 16 Aug 17Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated for the first time using micromotors to treat a bacterial infection in the stomach. These tiny vehicles, each about ...
Drug-Delivering Micromotors Treat Their First Bacterial Infection in the Stomach, Newswise - Wed 16 Aug 17Drug-delivering micromotors treat their first bacterial infection in the stomach, Eurekalert - Wed 16 Aug 17
Micro-vehicles move through a mouse stomach, healing its ulcers
ZME Science - Fri 18 Aug 17The future is here.
Scientists Design Micromotor to Deliver Antibiotics
Extremetech - Thu 17 Aug 17Researchers from the University of California San Diego have developed a "micromotor" capable of transporting antibiotics to the site of infection, making them more effective and reducing side ...
Robots the size of a human hair cure sick mice -- with bubbles - CNET
CNET - Wed 16 Aug 17A new breakthrough in tiny "micromotors" has scientists celebrating.
Scientists Create A New Way To Deliver Medicine Through Your Stomach
Ubergizmo - Wed 16 Aug 17The acids in our stomachs are great for helping to break down food to digest them, but when it comes to medication, there are some instances where consuming medicine orally might not be the ...
'Micromotors' alter your gut's chemistry to safely deliver medicine
Engadget - Wed 16 Aug 17There's a reason diabetics can't take their insulin orally (for the time being): stomach acid is super effective at dissolving it and similar large proteins, like antibiotics. ...