Washington-Sana
US researchers have developed micro-bots that are injected into the body with the aim of delivering drug doses directly to the human central nervous system.
According to the technology website Phys.org, the researchers explained that the developed robots called Maniax can move inside the body against fluid currents and penetrate nervous tissue to reach specific places to deliver drug doses, by controlling them through magnetic fields.
The researchers indicated that using magnetic fields to direct small robots from outside the body is an effective way and does not affect body tissues in any way, noting that the small robots contain small magnetic rods inside them that enable them to respond to external magnetic fields.
Lamar Meyer, one of the co-developers of the robotics, said, “Drug delivery by drugs or injections may affect other parts of the body unrelated to the disease, but delivering the dose to the exact affected part reduces collateral damage and increases drug efficacy.”