Tackling hard-to-reach infections with tiny robots
Scientists are turning to microrobots to help them treat bacterial biofilms.
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Scientists are turning to microrobots to help them treat bacterial biofilms.
A new nanozyme-based robotics approach could allow doctors to target and kill fungal pathogens at the sites of infection.
Researchers have developed a nanorobot system that targets fungal infections in the mouth.
Infections caused by fungi, such as Candida albicans, pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the World Health Organization has highlighted this as a priority issue.
Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a nanorobot system that targets fungal infections in the mouth. “Current antifungal therapies lack the power and specificity required to quickly and effectively eliminate these pathogens, so this collaboration draws from our clinical knowledge and combines expertise in robotics to offer a new approach,” says Dental’s Hyun (Michel) Koo.