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Swarms of robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses
The "search-and-destroy” microrobot system can chemically shred the resident bacterial biofilm.
Sinus and other deep-mucosal infections often form dense, glue-like pus and biofilms that neither sprays nor systemic antibiotics can easily penetrate. This means the material they’re made from acts as a catalyst: when you shine light on it, it triggers chemical reactions right on the robot’s surface that create bacteria-killing molecules (reactive oxygen species) and heat. “Our proposed micro-robotic therapeutic platform offers the advantages of non-invasiveness, minimal resistance, and drug-free intervention,” the researchers note.
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