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Invisible assassins: New nanobots detonate hidden weapons to kill cancer | The nanorobot’s weapon activates in the acidic microenvironment around cancer cells, triggered by their low pH levels.
Researchers develop nanobots killing cancer cells in mice by hiding lethal weapons inside DNA nanostructures.
This means that we have created a type of nanorobot that can specifically target and kill cancer cells,” said Björn Högberg, a professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, in a statement. “We now need to investigate whether this works in more advanced cancer models that more closely resemble the real human disease,” said Yang Wang, a researcher at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet. In addition, the researchers plan to explore the possibility of enhancing the nanorobot’s targeting capabilities by attaching proteins or peptides to its surface that bind specifically to certain types of cancer.
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