Researchers use micro-robots to carry cells to a target site in live animals
June 28, 2018 by Bob Yirka, Tech Xplore
A team of researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have found a way to use micro-robots to carry a cluster of cells to a target site in live animals. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, the group describes the micro-robots they designed and their performance during testing.
In recent years, scientists have begun looking into the feasibility of using micro-robots to carry drugs or other cargo from one part of the body to another. Such micro-robots could deliver medication, to a specific part of the body that needs it, for example, rather than to the whole body, preventing unwanted side-effects. In this new effort, the researchers were looking for a way to carry a cluster of cells from one location to another inside of a living animal. If such an approach proved possible, micro-robots could be used to carry stem cells to injured body parts, for example, to repair them.
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